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COLORED SOLDIERS — BRAVER!OF AD JUT AST SNYDER.We are permitted to make the fol lowing extract fronj an interesting private letter written by John T Hogue, to hia fb#rvLv Hogue, of ihw vicinity. The letter ill dated neaFortress Monroe. March 13,•‘‘The idea that prevails in some quar ters, thatcolorefi‘trolt;rps. will* not fight is nil played out. The 2nd Regimen of Colored Cavalry has been in a vcr severe engagement near fhiffolE, an* acquitted itself vcry-areduubiy. The] were attacked by a rebel brigade conBisting of cavalry, infantry and drillkry, under General Hansom. A.iju tant Snyder saved the regiment fron being cut off and all taken prisoners He was posted out on one road to van the main column that went oot anotbcr road if any rebel force should at tempt to get in behind them. He ha* mi been in hi* position long, befori he wvs attacked by a whole brigade He held them in check wifh two cum panics, natal the ba lance of the regi ment got back. When they oil go together, they had a very severe figh with overwhelming numbers. Tht colored men fowghtlike tigers. TUcj eAed ho quarter*, neither did the] give any. They lost about twenty lt;w thirty killed, and one Lieutenant They also had about thirty wounded and lost forty horses. Adjutun Snyder, who behaved so gallantly, ant saved the regiment from being cap tured, is the son of Captain Snyder a the Old Town mills, lie may well be proud of him, for he is a brave boy He is Regimental Adjutant of the 2i V S. Colored Cavalry/’
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The Xenia Sentinel
Xenia, Ohio, US
Tue, Mar 22, 1864
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