Corinth chanticleer. [volume] (Corinth Miss.) 1863-1863, 1863-06-12
First Alabama InfantrY.
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Ms EOtT0R You ask for Informant about
the cplored regim 9nt how we get along aud
whAtlwc think of Il. Well, 1 must sty that
vita all my researches and posting before and
during the war, that was not prepared to be
lievc the half These men sir, are des ined To
become the best soldiers us the ,oorld. Mark the
prediction Fhey will end this war, aud in less
than teIyears will form the bulk o, our Ma
t.onli uLrd"-5hc basis Of our large standing
army we will, tor years, De compelled to keep
In our siekly sOuther .-seAcOlst and river Forts
Mark tue prediction again. -
Way do We think q?
Because, in tn ifst place. they are physic-
ally Better al pied 10 tue arduOus duties of
soldiers life and hArishps. The examiag sur
geoJs pronounced soius OF them to be the finest
specimens of pnysled perfection they ever saw.
(rhey were stripped ia regular style.)
In the I'd place they know nothing but per
feet obedience, the frs: great requisite in sol
der. rn.y pay better attention than our white
soldiers, aud rarel, ever nuke a mistake when
a mot M mt is properly explained beforehand
Sd. They are natural i'm .tators and learn
the manual OF arms vita surprising facility and
quickness. There are boys here fifteen and
sixteen years of age VINO ca take up a musket
and execute the dif.tent maneuvers OF the Ellis
worih Zouayes almost With the rapidly Of Ii ht-
1 Ess" assFs si a 5ssA p serving g &
walars
4th. They are the most thoroughly and in
tensely loyal class of people ia the Whole coun-
/ try, north or south. There is not A copperhead
to b. found among them, and very it'll. lt1ace-
mep for them to desert tDthe rebels
| They are moe Intelligent, independent aud
manly thru N, poor whites ofthe country from
the fact, probably, that they enjoyed tue fat OF
the land with their masters, whilst the poor
I-l1s a -.
/ starve. Most OF them are prepared for Ia yir
| freedom and fully understand its responsibilities
! That they will fight has already been demon
strated, ana we have no doubt with proper Off
GERS, they would commit less depreditons when
on march than our own men. When they are
drilled we would be happy to meet an equal
number OF their copperhead slaliderers, whose
traitOrous and cowardly carcasses they are saw
ing from the draft.
| 5th. They make the best fatigue men in the
world Last week our seven hundred men, be-
sides the hundred or more men called for almost
daily to unload cars in town, and as many more
for camp, corral and farm guards, performed
more hard labor on the BARRACKS than any two
white regiments at the Post, we dare say. And
yet we are expected to be half drilled by this
time. Does Gen. Dodge, who witnessed orr
Battalion movements Saturday evening, know
that we had not so much as squad drill all
last week? All our energies are laid out upon
the barracks at present.
And now in conclusion we would just say that
we want every one to dispel all foolish prejudi-
ces about colored regiments and think reasona=
bly, Slaveryis dead. 1t hasb committed sui
eide. We are now making the best possible
disposition of these people. When this work
is accomplished. the war will be done, and not
before. The hand of Almighty God is working
with US We want to take these men, as soon
as possible, where they can save the bosoms
of our intelligent northern boys and let them go
+! to their homes and friends. This is right and