First Memphis recruiting call for Black soldiers cited
A Memphis correspondent claims the South first authorized arming Black men as soldiers. He quotes a May 1861 Memphis Avalanche and Appeal notice from the Committee of Safety authorizing De loach Cook and Greenlaw to organize a volunteer company of loyal free men of color for the Confederate service, inviting unregistered men to enroll at W. B. Greenlaw & Co. office.
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We Must Conquer or Be Conquered
A Civil War era protest laments the aims of the slave oligarchy to regain supremacy and subjugate the Union. It warns Northern supporters that withdrawal of Union troops would invite a brutal, revenge seeking Confederate campaign across the North and devastate civilian life.
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