Black Southerners in Confederate Armies: A Collection of Historical Accounts ]]> Florence historian Lee Freeman notes that this book "examines multiple facets of the service of blacks on behalf of the Confederate war effort. The cover is of three Lauderdale County, AL black Confederate cooks/body-servants, from l, George W. Seawright, Reuben Patterson and Peter Stewart at the annual 1921 Mars Hill United Confederate Veterans Reunion. "]]> 2006]]>