Excerpt from With Old Eph in the Army (Not a History) A Simple Treatise on the Human Side of the Colored Soldier It cannot be that these men did not know of existing conditions as regard Races here; it is not to be thought that their ears were spared the ringing of the omnipresent cry: What has the Negro to fight for? Or that there was any doubt in their minds as to treatment expected, but Humanity - bigger than self, Race or Country - called and the Negro youth was too big not to be big enough. Not as the cudgeled or ...
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Excerpt from With Old Eph in the Army (Not a History) A Simple Treatise on the Human Side of the Colored Soldier It cannot be that these men did not know of existing conditions as regard Races here; it is not to be thought that their ears were spared the ringing of the omnipresent cry: What has the Negro to fight for? Or that there was any doubt in their minds as to treatment expected, but Humanity - bigger than self, Race or Country - called and the Negro youth was too big not to be big enough. Not as the cudgeled or scourged went he, but as one proud of his privilege to fight in the cause of Right and upborne by unfailing faith that 'twere the call of Duty and not the whip of man which sent him forth. Such men could not help but be brave and true and loyal; could not help restraining any hot retort which aggravating circumstances may have prompted. Their's was the conviction that their presence (certainly their early presence there) in Camp was the working of their own volition and this conviction was carried home to the hearts of others so much so that instead of they, themselves, feeling ashamed to admit volun teering, other drafted men schemed to prove that they were not drafted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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