"Many persons believed, or pretended to believe, and confidently asserted, that freed slaves would not make good soldiers; they would lack courage, and could not be subjected to military discipline. Facts have shown how groundless were these apprehensions. The slave has proved his manhood, and his capacity as an infantry soldier, at Milliken's Bend, at the assault upon Port Hudson, and the storming of Fort Wagner. The apt qualifications of the colored man for artillery service have long been known and recognized by the naval service."
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United States Attorneys GeneralPeople from OhioRepublican Party (United States) politiciansUnited States Secretaries of WarPeople of the American Civil War
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Letter to Abraham Lincoln (5 December 1863); As quoted in Black Union Soldiers in the Civil War, by Hondon B. Hargrove, p. 108
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Edwin M. Stanton
Edwin McMasters Stanton (19 December 1814 – 24 December 1869) was the Secretary of War of the United States during the American Civil War.
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