The Union Indian Brigade in the Civil War by Wiley Britton

Author:Wiley Britton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: F. Hudson Publishing

As the Southern officers and soldiers manifested an interest in his story, the escaped prisoner gave them further impressions of what he had seen and heard, and in reply to questions as to whether the officers treated the colored soldiers roughly and kicked them around, told his captors that an officer was not allowed to abuse a colored soldier or touch him; that if a soldier disobeyed orders or committed some offence, he might be punished by being put on extra duty, or sent to the guard house and court-martialed, and in reply to the question as to whether the "nigger" soldiers were paid for their services, he stated that they received the same pay and allowances as the white soldiers; that according to his information the colored regiment was made up mostly of colored men from Missouri, healthy, husky looking fellows, who were considered almost as intelligent as the average white man, and were to be sent down as a re-enforcement with the next train.

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