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hegetentterithnd:e;seeivean-3i y ild ilk on utr ire-mskelendro.nd ire lm i Ihenendro-iieelasild;hton•o-utys.teh.fitat worK.Negro Troops Captured by the Rebels.From the Richmond Examiner, March 8.Yesterday the first, veritable negro prisoners of war were received at the Libby. They were genuine, sure, members of the original Corps d’ Afrique, ranging in color from gingerbread brown to tobacco black, greasy and loud smelling, encased in bine uniforms, close buttoned up to the chin. They ^rere captured on the 2d iust, within a few miles of Williamsburg, with arms in the their hands, having been pushed forward by Massa Butler, with a negro command on a foraging expedition. There names and military connection were recorded as fol -fows:—James W. Corn and P. F. Lewis, Fifth United States Volunteers; R. P. Armistead and John Thomas, Sixth United States Volunteers. As they claimed to be “Bntler’s pets,” and it being understood that a great affection and fondness for each other existed between them and the officers captored from the recent sacking and plundering expedition. Major Turner very considerately ordered that they be placed in the cells occupied by their white companions. We are glad that our officials are inolined to oarry outGreeley’s idea of the amalgamation of theraces, so far as it affects the Yankee prisoners in our care. It will result in mutual good. The only party likely to be seriously affected, either in statos or mor-*}* is the negro. The Yankee cannot be degraded lower—the negro probably can.Rev. Dr, Bellows to All Rev. T. Starr
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Saint Paul Weekly Minnesotian And Times
Saint Paul, Minnesota, US
Fri, Mar 25, 1864
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