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Manuscript/Mixed Material William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection: Confederate letter, "I was not in favor of putting negroes in as soldiers, I am willing to go right by the side of the blackest negro in all chrisendom and shoot round for round with him," Feb. 1865

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Title

  • William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection: Confederate letter, "I was not in favor of putting negroes in as soldiers, I am willing to go right by the side of the blackest negro in all chrisendom and shoot round for round with him," Feb. 1865

Names

  • Gladstone, William A., collector

Headings

  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American
  • -  United States. Colored Troops
  • -  United States. Continental Army--African American troops
  • -  United States. Corps d'Afrique
  • -  Slavery
  • -  United States--Armed Forces--African Americans
  • -  United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, African American
  • -  Collectors
  • -  Manuscripts
  • -  United States

Genre

  • Manuscripts

Call Number/Physical Location

  • mss83434, box 3; item 289

Source Collection

  • William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection

Repository

  • Manuscript Division

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Online Format

  • online text
  • image

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The Library of Congress’s digital scans of the William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection are in the public domain.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection.

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Chicago citation style:

Gladstone, William A., Collector. William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection: Confederate letter, "I was not in favor of putting negroes in as soldiers, I am willing to go right by the side of the blackest negro in all chrisendom and shoot round for round with him," Feb. 1865. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/mss83434289/.

APA citation style:

Gladstone, W. A. (1865) William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection: Confederate letter, "I was not in favor of putting negroes in as soldiers, I am willing to go right by the side of the blackest negro in all chrisendom and shoot round for round with him," Feb. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mss83434289/.

MLA citation style:

Gladstone, William A., Collector. William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection: Confederate letter, "I was not in favor of putting negroes in as soldiers, I am willing to go right by the side of the blackest negro in all chrisendom and shoot round for round with him," Feb. 1865. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mss83434289/>.