Jeanette Braxton-Secret

Iverson Granderson, First Class 'Colored' Boy, Union Navy (1863-1865) Jeanette Braxton-Secret

Much more than a biography of one man, this book is a history of Union naval warships, naval battles and the contrabands, or colored sailors, who served the Union cause. Colored casualties aboard Union ships are also listed. Ms. Secret consulted a post Civil War pension claim and a former slave living legal record. From the National Archives she compiled a roster of all Granderson(s) and/or Grandison(s) in the Civil War. Many documents are reproduced in full. These include pension declarations and claims, medical testaments, requests for increases in pensions, affidavits, marriage records, widow's pension documents and more.