 Also in 1994, an anthology of essays about black Confederate soldiers written by Andrew Chandler Battaille Sr., a descendant of Andrew Chandler, wrote, "It is not difficult to speculate that as a result of sharing these very trying life experiences that a special bond existed between [Andrew and Silas]".In a 2007 book, Clint Johnson calls Silas the most well-recognized black Confederate soldier.As late as 2010, the Corinth Interpretive Center at Shiloh said that during the war, Silas was Andrew's "former slave" and says that "both boys fought together at Chickamauga" and that Silas received a "Mississippi Confederate Veteran Pension", while in reality Silas was a slave during the war and Silas' pension was under the "Application of Indigent Servants of Soldiers and Sailors of the Late Confederacy" and the center later updated its presentation.