he American Conflict_, Vol. II, p. 524.

"It was a notorious fact that the enemy were using Negroes to build
fortifications, drive teams and raise food for the army. Black hands
piled up the sand-bags and raised the batteries which drove Anderson
out of Sumter. At Montgomery, the Capital of the Confederacy, Negroes
were being drilled and armed for military duty."--W. W. Brown, _The
Negro in the Rebellion_, p. 59.

[7] _Ibid._, Vol. II, p. 521.

[8] Jones, _A Rebel War Clerk's Diary_, Vol. I, p. 237; Schwab, _The
Confederate States of America_, p. 194.

[9] _Laws of Florida, 12th Session, 1862_, Chap. 1378.

[10] _Confederate War Department, Bureau of Conscription_, Circular
No. 36, December 12, 1864. _Off. Reds. Reb._, Series IV, Vol. III, p.
933.

[11] _Off. Reds. Reb._, Series IV, Vol. Ill, p. 780. Journals of
Congress, IV, 260.

[12] Washington, _The Story of the Negro_, Vol. II, p. 321.

[13] _Order No. 426. Adjutant-General's Office, Headquarters Louisiana
Militia, March 24, 1862._ _Cf._ Brown, _The Negro in the Rebellion_,
pp. 84-85.

[14] Parton, _History of the Administration of the Gulf_, 1862-1864;
_General Butler in New Orleans_, p. 517.

[15] Greely, _The American Conflict_, p. 521.

[16] _The Charleston Mercury_, January 3, 1861.

[17] The announcement of the recruiting read: "Attention, volunteers:
Resolved by the Committee of Safety that C. Deloach, D. R. Cook and
William B. Greenlaw be authorized to organize a volunteer company
composed of our patriotic free men of color, of the city of Memphis,
for the service of our common defense. All who have not enrolled their
names will call at the office of W. B. Greenlaw & Co." F. W. Forsythe,
Secretary. F. Titus, President. Williams, _History of the Negro_, Vol.
II, p. 277.

[18] Greely, _The American Conflict_, Vol. II, p. 521.

[19] _Memphis Avalanche_, September 3, 1861.

[20] Greely, _The American Conflict_, Vol. II, p. 522.

[21] _Ibid._, p. 277.

[22] _Ibid._, Vol. II, p. 522.

[23] _The Baltimore Traveler_, February 4, 1862.

[24] Greely, _The American Conflict_, Vol. II, p. 522.

[25] Schwab, _The Confederate States of America_, p. 193. Moore,
_Rebellion Records_, Vol. VII, p. 210. Jones, _Diary_, Vol. I, p. 381.

[26] An indorsement from the Secretary of War reads: "If all white men
capable of bearing arms are put in the field, it would be as large a
draft as a community could continuously sustain, and whites are better
soldi