Note 17 — THE EMPLOYMENT OF NEGROES AS SOLDIERS IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY
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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.