Slavery in the Clover Bottoms: John Mcclines Narrative (Voices of the Civil War)

Slavery in the Clover Bottoms: John Mcclines Narrative (Voices of the Civil War) by Furman, Jan. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781572330078.

Born into slavery on a Tennessee plantation, John McCline escaped from bondage, worked for the Union Army in the Civil War, and eventually found a new life in the American West. This is his story, recollected in later years, of his life as a slave and as a free man. The book provides firsthand details about slavery, the war, and Shermans march. 24 illustrations.