by Colored Troops, Civil War
[African American] [Military] New England Loyal Publication Society broadside number 118. Boston: Office No. 8, Studio Building. Sept, 1863. Measures 8.5" x 15". Cardstock, newspaper. Covering the civil war and the use of colored troops. Main article "The Army and the Colored Troops" (originally from the St. Louis Correspondence of the N.Y. Evening Post) covers the transition of thought from being against Black soldiers to endorsing the decision of integration. Article states: "General Grant, perhaps, more than any of his subordinates, disapproved of the whole movement and has never given it counsel or support until within a few weeks, when he is said to have written a letter to the President in sympathy with the project for raising negro soldiers, and there are but one or two of his subordinate generals who do not now strongly support these measures. Broadside features several articles in addition to "The Army and the Colored Troops" including: "The President's Proclamation" which discusses how on September 15, 1863, President Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus throughout the Union for any cases relating to prisoners of war, spies, traitors, or Union soldiers. It allows for extended detainment of prisoners without jury trials. Also included are "The Army of the South" which is a transcription of a soldier's letter discussing colored troops, it reads: "The negro soldier has already proved to be as brave as the white; and I cast no slur on our volunteers when I say that I think they will make better soldiers." Another titled "Resources of the South: Hints to Emigrants" is written by a Missouri Citizen discussing an increase in population: "Missouri is to be free, long before 1870 too, and we ought to have the State filled with free men who are thoroughly imbued with free principles." A final article titled "The Open Mississippi" discussing the fall of Vicksburg and the reopening of trade. "The West has regained its inheritance, and with it has wrested forever from the rebellion the hope of a great slave empire girdling the precariously plunder some portions of Arkansas and Louisiana, but the loyalty and freedom of the territory beyond the Mississippi are none the less unalterably assured." As of this writing, this item is not listed in any library on OCLC Worldcat, making it quite scarce. Dime-sized chip in left corner, minor foxing. Overall text is clear and remains in very good condition.
(Inventory #: 20457)