Slave Narrative of Elphas P. Hylton

LAWRENCE CO. (Edna Lane Carter)

Extract from the Civil War diary kept by Elphas P. Hylton, a Lawrence Co. volunteer in the Union Army. “On 17th of July (1864) I was detailed for picket duty and saw three thousand negro soldiers on a grand review, a black cloud to see. On the 18th I was relieved of duty. Here I became dissatisfied as a soldier on account of the negro, negro, negro. On the 23rd we began to get ready to leave this negro hole and on the 24th, to our great joy and gladness, we were sent into camp near Danville.”


Surnames:
Hylton,

Locations:
Lawrence County KY,

Collection:
Federal Writers' Project. WPA Slave Narratives. Web. 2007.

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