GDG- Blacks at Gettysburg

[Tom Ryan]

It has been reported that the ANV carried 6,000 slaves into the North with
them during the Gettysburg Campaign.  That raises an interesting question
about how many blacks (probably mostly contrabands but also some free
blacks) the AoP had with them performing various jobs at Gettysburg.

Anybody have stats on that?

Tom

P.S.  Best guess is that most of the 6,000 with the ANV were officers'
personal servants.  A good number of the others were probably cooks,
teamsters, and laborers.