Note 26 — THE EMPLOYMENT OF NEGROES AS SOLDIERS IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY
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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 soldiers than Negroes. For war, when existence is staked, the best material should be used."—Off. Reds. Rebell., Series IV, Vol. III, pp. 693-694.