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