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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 35. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 2 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: May 26, 1864., [Electronic resource], Hurdle of Confederate soldiers by negro troops. (search)
rs besides the guard came up, and after carsing them, deliberately murdered the two in cold blood, killing them before they could change the positions they were standing in. Scott's fate is not certainly known, though it is believed that he was also killed. The murder of the other two was witnessed by several persons who saw them slain without having made the slightest resistance which could give the negro devils an excuse for firing on them. When the white Colonel he what the prisoners had been killed for, and the negroes replied that the Confederates and killed some of their men. This answer seemed perfectly satisfactory, and nothing more was said. Among the captured of Capt Maxwell's party was Acting Master John G. Burnley, whose fate has not been ascertained. The facts of this murder are not based upon rumor. They are from the sworn statements of persons who witnessed the deed. The regiment was the 36th regiment U. S. colored troops, Col. Draper commanding.