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THBConfederate Broadside Concerning Potential Recruitment of Slaves, 1864
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Broadside Circular, 12 x 18 in., n.d, n.p., but presumed Richmond, September 1864 (the latest dates on sections of the circular). This is concerning use of free blacks and slaves in the military and how they were to be enrolled in service.
General Orders, No. 32, Richmond, March 11, 1864
1. The Act of Congress relative to the employment of free negroes and slaves in certain capacities, and the instructions of the War Department relative to its execution, are published for the information of those concerned:
An Act to increase the efficiency of the Army by the employment of Free Negroes and Slaves in certain capacities.
Whereas the efficiency of the army is greatly diminished by the withdrawal from the ranks of able-bodied soldiers to act as teamsters, and in various other capacities in which free negroes and slaves might be advantageously employed:...That all male free negroes and other free persons of color...resident in the Confederate States, between the ages of 18 and 50 years, shall be held liable to perform such duties with the army of in connection with the military defences of the country, in the way of work upon fortifications or in government works for the production or preparation of materials of war, or in military Hospitals, as the Secretary of War or the Commanding General of the Trans-Mississippi Department may from time to time prescribe; and while engaged in the performance of such duties, shall receive rations and clothing, and compensation at the rate of eleven dollars a month, under such rules and regulations as the said Secretary may establish.....
The remainder deals with the details, such as exemptions, enrollment with the Engineer Department, etc. Though desperately short of manpower by 1864, the Confederacy just could not enlist free men of color into service. The Union had created the USCT in May 1863, although some states had colored militia units prior to that time. Nearly 200,000 men served honorably in these units, even though they suffered more if captured (often Confederates just shot them rather than put them in prison camps). They proved themselves early on as brave and capable soldiers, which surely the Confederate troops on the other side of the battlefield observed. The South had a long history of not arming negroes, free or slave, in part because they significantly outnumbered white Southerners.
Provenance: Property of N. Flayderman & Co.Excellent. Minor handling wear and very light foxing.Condition
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