I contacted Haywood co. camp and they had all of my GG Grandfathers enlistment records. Pretty cool.
I am a member of Grimes County Greys out of Grimes Co. Texas.
We also had in our family on both sides, two plantations...one in La. and the other in Elora Tenn.. There were never stories of cruelty. In fact, after emancipation, the blacks in large part wanted to stay on the farms. It was were their children were raised, were they had their homes, schools and livelihoods.
So many folks want to paint Southerners as mean evil slave owners when in fact it was not this way at all. Many did see the negro as lesser in society, but there were many who also had them as parts of their families.
my grandpa owned about a 2 mile strech of land on this side of the cape fear river that is now i95.the yankees took it for 40 akers and a mule deal.you see where that went.best to ya george