but joseph miller brings his family with him. and he was promised, in exchange for his service, his family could remain in camp with him, and they would all have their freedom. he and his wife have four young children. well, by november of 1864 union forces in kentucky are building barracks for winter quarters, and they realize that the section of camp where free african-americans are, the contraband section of camp, the contrabands are going to have to be moved out, they decide. and they forcibly remove the african-americans who have been escaping slavery, coming to this camp, being told they would be provided for and protected here. they forcibly put these individuals in wagons and remove them from the camp because they actually need that section of camp for the union troops for winter quarters. joseph miller talks about the fact that he goes and he sees his wife, they have a horribly sick child. they're all being loaded on these wag gones, he isn't told where they're going to be taken. he goes raising after these wagons and he

one of them was powerful stories was about a man man named joseph miller who is enslaved in kentucky.by 1864, even though kentucky is still a union state that remained in the union, joseph joseph miller runs away in his able to join the army and he ends up bringing his family with him. in the book i weave in some account of men who went off and joined the union army but left their families at home. they're getting letters from the wife saying you need to come back and get us, we are getting beaten, we're getting horribly abused. but joseph miller brings his family with him. he was promised, and exchange for his service his family could remain in camp with him and they would all have the freedom, hit and his wife have for young children. by november 1864, union forces in kentucky are building barracks for winter quarters, they realize the section of camp where african-americans are the contraband section of camp, the contraband's are going to have to be moved out they decide. they forcibly remove the african-americans who had been escaping slavery, coming to this camp, and told they wo