Not only perverse, but ridiculous inasmuch as by 1863 the army on maneuvers was concerned with feeding themselves and finding shoes, including the cavalry (short on horse feed). Hence the capturing of 140 loaded wagons by Stuart. Little to no focus on escaped slaves by that point and on “foreign soil”. Entire claim is silly.
Totally true and anyone interested in the war’s history would know that and refrain from such a posting.
BTW, I have a gentleman living in my home with me who goes by the name Wade Hampton...named after the famous Confederate cavalry general from SC...my 88 yr old father!
But also well documented by Stephen Sears, Noah Andre Trudeau, Ted Alexander, and a host of others. While that was not the purpose of Stuart's ride or the Southern campaign as a whole free blacks were, shall we say, targets of opportunity and an unknown number, possibly in the hundreds, were taken.