Siah Carter: The Life and Times of Josiah Hulett Carter USN

Siah Carter was born a slave on a Virginia Plantation on the banks of the James River. In 1862, he stole a small boat and rowed his way to freedom. Siah made it all the way to the US Naval ironclad the Monitor and was inducted into the US Navy. He was one of the first runaway slaves to join the US Military during the Civil War.