Praise for The Blues in Gray; edited by Roger S. Durham“Lending additional value to the book is Roger S. Durham’s talent as an editor and historian.†—W. Todd Groce; Civil War Book Review“Roger S. Durham has provided us a book that stands out from many of the other edited collections of soldiers’ wartime letters and diaries. . . . Durham succeeds . . . in presenting a remarkably vivid picture of the wartime experiences of Dixon and his comrades.†—Christian B. Keller; Military History of the West“Skillful editing . . . ample and abundant explanatory notes; identifying people; places; and events.†—Choice“Brother against brotherâ€: this cliché of the Civil War experience is brought to life in A Confederate Yankee. Edward William Drummond served in the Confederate army while his brother Clark served for the Union. Yet these brothers came not from Kentucky; Maryland; or Missouri; border states where such conflicts were relatively common. Instead; Ned Drummond came from an abolitionist family in Maine. In1859; at the age of twenty-one; Drummond moved to Savannah; Georgia; and married a local girl; he joined the local Confederate forces shortly after the war began. His journal follows his experiences as a commissary sergeant at Fort Pulaski; Georgia; prior to; during; and following the attack on that post in April 1862. After the fall of Fort Pulaski; he was imprisoned with other Southern troops—first at Governors Island in New York Harbor and later at Johnson’s Island; Ohio; where captivity intensified his loyalty to the Confederacy. Later released in a prisoner-of-war exchange; he returned to Savannah; served in the Confederate army to the end of the war; and eventually reconciled with his Northern family members.Roger S. Durham is director of the Army Heritage Museum at Carlisle Barracks; Pennsylvania. He is the editor of The Blues in Gray: The Civil War Journal of William Daniel Dixon and the Republican Blues Daybook. His articles have appeared in Civil War Times Illustrated and Blue and Gray.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Emancipation from the Sin of Slavery and from the Slavery of SinBy Robert W. KellemenWilmore's work; now in its third edition; is a standard in the treatment of African American religious history. His detailed study proposes that Black history equals religion and Black religion equals the struggle for freedom.From the personal testimony of Black religious leaders and from the "common" African American man and woman; the freedom emphasis is upon escape from sin to find personal salvation of their soul--eternal life in Jesus Christ. Once spiritual deliverance was found; a boldness then also grew to find freedom from the sin of others; from White oppression and enslavement. True; for some African Americans freedom from the sins of others did take priority. But for the majority; freedom from their own sin was the preeminent concern. For most; it was a both/and; not an either/or.Wilmore's work remains an important contribution; especially in terms of understanding the yearning for freedom present in the lives of African American slaves.Reviewer: Robert W. Kellemen; Ph.D.; is the author of Beyond the Suffering: Embracing the Legacy of African American Soul Care and Spiritual Direction ; Soul Physicians; and Spiritual Friends.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Three StarsBy Claire HalberTextbook for course.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. wonderful overviewBy Clarissa BestI bought this book for my African American Religion class It is a wonderful overview of how we put together a religion that is uniquely our own
