Slavery on the Clover Bottom is the memoir of a young man born into slavery on the Hoggett’s Clover Bottom plantation. He shares his memories of the farm and all the people living there. He had a very unflattering opinion of Mrs. Hoggatt.
Johnny lives with Hanna and several other boys. Her house was on the Lebanon Pike in the north field. One day while he was in the south field working a few mules, down the Lebanon Pike came the 13th Michigan, heading into Hermitage on a foraging mission. Johnny climbs the fence to watch them pass. One of the soldiers called out to him "Come along with us Johnny and we will set you free." The boy was surprised they had called him by name, not knowing that Johnny Reb was a common name Northerners called some Southerners.
Johnny hops over the fence and onto the back of the yankee wagon, leaving Clover Bottom and slavery behind forever. He was 11.
Johnny travels with the 13th Michigan until the end of the war. He worked as a mule wrangler and was said to be very good with mules. He helped the surgeons frequently.
Johnny was at the battle of Murfreesboro, Chicamauga, and Lookout Mountain. He was with Sherman through Atlanta and beyond. When it was done, he marched with the 13th in the victory parade in Washington DC.
It’s a good story, both for civil war aficionados and those who enjoy reading history of places they’ll recognize.
https://amzn.to/2OcunD2
Johnny lives with Hanna and several other boys. Her house was on the Lebanon Pike in the north field. One day while he was in the south field working a few mules, down the Lebanon Pike came the 13th Michigan, heading into Hermitage on a foraging mission. Johnny climbs the fence to watch them pass. One of the soldiers called out to him "Come along with us Johnny and we will set you free." The boy was surprised they had called him by name, not knowing that Johnny Reb was a common name Northerners called some Southerners.
Johnny hops over the fence and onto the back of the yankee wagon, leaving Clover Bottom and slavery behind forever. He was 11.
Johnny travels with the 13th Michigan until the end of the war. He worked as a mule wrangler and was said to be very good with mules. He helped the surgeons frequently.
Johnny was at the battle of Murfreesboro, Chicamauga, and Lookout Mountain. He was with Sherman through Atlanta and beyond. When it was done, he marched with the 13th in the victory parade in Washington DC.
It’s a good story, both for civil war aficionados and those who enjoy reading history of places they’ll recognize.
https://amzn.to/2OcunD2
