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Civil War artists capitalized on the popularity of the black Confederate myth. In the Grim Harvest of War, Bradley Schmehl features a “black Confederate” cradling a Confederate officer as Stonewall Jackson looks over the battlefield.

The image of the loyal camp slave was a popular feature in soldiers’ memoirs as well as in artwork. In this peaceful scene, Confederate general “Stonewall” Jackson leads a religious service that includes his camp slave to his right.