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... Negro recruits in the Regular Army and the Navy ( the Negro Troops Bill of 1863 ) . Before the bill was out of committee , a Negro troop - raising campaign already was in progress in Louisiana . Lincoln had wanted the services of ...
... Negro recruits in the Regular Army and the Navy ( the Negro Troops Bill of 1863 ) . Before the bill was out of committee , a Negro troop - raising campaign already was in progress in Louisiana . Lincoln had wanted the services of ...
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... Negro was vicious and brutal , and his presence in the army was certain of producing " another Santo Domingo , " at the expense of the white women and children of the South . ( This last contention was basically repetitious of the ...
... Negro was vicious and brutal , and his presence in the army was certain of producing " another Santo Domingo , " at the expense of the white women and children of the South . ( This last contention was basically repetitious of the ...
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... Negro regiment , but his term was expiring and he abandoned the idea.84 War Democrats promi- nently identified with the battlefield performance of Negro state units in- cluded Generals Benjamin F. Butler , Ambrose E. Burnside , and ...
... Negro regiment , but his term was expiring and he abandoned the idea.84 War Democrats promi- nently identified with the battlefield performance of Negro state units in- cluded Generals Benjamin F. Butler , Ambrose E. Burnside , and ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 9 |
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WAR DEMOCRATS | 15 |
18321861 | 23 |
Copyright | |
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