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Rev. Henry Ward Beecher stated in a public address that General Grant has been heard, in the presence of several distinguished officers, to give the opinion that, for picket and guard duty, the negroes made the best soldiers in the world. On the whole, he considered them equal; for all fighting purposes, to any soldiers.

The Daily Dispatch: March 7, 1865. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. March 7, 1865. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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