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302
(U.S. Colored Infantry)
2d, 86; 4th, 311, 1054;
5th, 311; 6th, 311; 14th,
86, 205; 17th, 838-39; 21st
(formerly the 3d South
Carolina Infantry of
African Descent), 421;
27th, 590; 28th, 781; 32d,
474; 33d (formerly the 1st
South Carolina Infantry of
African Descent), 421;
36th, 311; 38th, 311; 39th,
311; 51st, 152; 54th, 311;
64th (formerly the 7th
Louisiana Infantry of
African Descent), 46; 73d,
748; 81st, 371; Philadelphia
City Troop, 646;
Zouaves de Afrique (Collis'
Independent Company),
185; petitions for
command of, 610, 736;
assignment of officers to,
582; organization of, 63,
600, 610, 636, 685, 736,
957; recruitment of, 84,
257, 636, 641, 892, 957,
1054; training of, 306, 748;
attitude of white U.S.
Army officers toward, 63,
^148, 462, 558, 975; provision
for widows and
children of, 96; certificates
of enlistment for, 86;
discipline of, 647, 650,
972, 992; performance and
courage of, 46, 63, 84, 207,
246, 306, 309, 360, 391,
491, 641, 725, 748, 784,
838, 892, 904, 975, 992,
1054; service of, 391, 436,
648, 685, 725, 736, 748,
804, 869, 899, 904; observations
on, 365, 671, 748,
864, 867, 970, 1034; photo-
graphs of, 311; treatment
as prisoners of war, 392;
treatment of Confederate
prisoners of war, 234; Confederate
plans for the use
of, 470
Blackman, Homer, 88
Blackman, John P., 88
Blacks: life of, 44, 186, 197,
300, 421, 426, 478, 500,
526, 539, 558, 561, 566,
600, 612, 636, 641, 666,
680, 686, 725, 736, 766,
784, 804, 816, 869, 886,
888, 892, 970, 972, 978,
1026; unrest among, 973;
abduction of, 957; as
refugees (contrabands),
365, 582, 605, 666, 718,
733, 758, 896-97; attitude
of Federal soldiers toward,
946, 1026, 1063; treatment
and use by Federal
soldiers, 103, 148, 195,
249, 264, 274, 434, 582,
600, 605, 666-67, 759, 784,
816, 850, 869, 896, 950,
978; treatment and use by
Confederate soldiers, 143,
159, 473, 1014; assisting
escaped Federal prisoners
of war, 197, 217; personal
attitudes toward the war,
439, 599, 816, 980; impressed
to work on fortifications,
86, 473, 598,
718, 743, 773, 1014, 1054;
complaints against by
southern planters, 332;
conscription of, 360; interest
of American Medical
Association in, 815;
observations on, 33, 355,
965; problems and suffering
of, 39, 279, 331, 356,