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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1,606 0 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 462 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 416 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 286 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition. 260 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition. 254 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 242 0 Browse Search
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks) 230 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition. 218 0 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1 166 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: May 11, 1864., [Electronic resource], The "Yankee" negroes. (search)
immaculate white dress gloves, with muskets polished like burnished gold and silver. An excellent band filled the air with martial strains, and the manual of arms and evolutions on the field were executed with a precision and spirit which showed careful, constant training, and great pride upon the part of the negroes. North or South, whether by black troops or white, I have never seen such a splendid turnout and perfect drill. The officers above the rank of sergeant are all white — all New England Yankees — and are tyrannical and exacting Any dereliction of duty, or untidiness of appearance, upon the part of the "coffered" soldiers, is visited with severe extra duty. Under Butler's reign negroes were officers, but with the new regime, the position of sergeant is the great object of their ambition. From the strutting airs of these scions of "loyalty," one can surmise the importance which formerly attacked to commissioned officers. In addition to their duties as soldiers, by whic