“Account of the capture of Fort Sumter by the Union forces. Worked for CSA inside the fort, when taken. A slave in the Singleton family of South Carolina.”
"September 1, 1861-March 22, 1862. Nashville. The Pearl family, who had migrated to Nashville from the North in the mid-1850s, was split by sectional antagonisms. In 1861 Mr. Pearl took the daughters to Detroit. John, the son, joined the 1st…