Confederate Uniforms

Based on a magazine article by Daniel M. Roper titled "At One Moment in Time" in the Winter 2011 Issue of Georgia Backroads, there are "only eight known photographs showing a slave wearing a Confederate uniform." Therefore, this page is based on the research to identify the eight photographs. If you know of additional pictures email info at blackconfederatesoldiers.com.

PHOTOGRAPH 1

Burrell ,Body Servant of
John Wallace Comer, CSA 2nd Lieutenant
57th Alabama Infantry

Source: Alabama Department of Archives and History

PHOTOGRAPH 2

Silas Chandler, Former Slave of
Andrew Martin Chandler
44th Mississippi Infantry (Company F)

Source: PBS Antiques Roadshow (January 18, 2010): Confederate Master & Slave Tintype, ca. 1861

Video Documentary: Forgotten Men in Gray by Stan Armstrong

PHOTOGRAPH 3

Slaves who served with
the 7th Tennessee Cavalry

Source: Tom Farish Collection

Secondary Source: The Civil War in Spotsylvania County

PHOTOGRAPH 4

Four servants who served with
Robert Wallace Shand (Standing with slaves on left)
2nd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry (Company C)

Photo Source: Library of Congress

Secondary Source: The Civil War in Spotsylvania County
and
Find-A-Grave: Lieutenant Robert Wallace Shand

PHOTOGRAPH 5

John Terrell who served with
Brigadier General J. B. White
6th Tennessee Cavalry (Company D)

Secondary Source: Latin American Studies

PHOTOGRAPH 6

Confederate Captain and Bodyservant are Unknown

Photographer: A.J. Riddle (Macon, Georgia)

Source: The David Wynn Vaughan Collection

Secondary Source: Georgia Backroads 2011 Winter Print Issue

Secondary Source: Gainesville Times

PHOTOGRAPH 7

Scott, slave of
First Lieutenant Archiblad C. McKinley
57th Georgia Regiment

Source: Georgia College: Online Exhibits at Georgia College

Secondary Source: Scott Walker, Author of Hell's Broke Loose in Georgia

PHOTOGRAPH 8

Slave with
5th Georgia Regiment Infantry Regiment (Company A)

Note: The original of this image, taken on a wet plate glass negative
printed the image backwards,
causing the "CR" on the tent and bucket to be reversed.

Source: Eastern Digital Resources: The War for Southern Independence