We had company inspection again as usual. A good many
negroes are coming into camp. Some of the men who are strong enough to work and
who want to be free are given work on the fortifications. A number of the
officers are adopting negro boys as servants, and some of the most intelligent
boys are being sent North to be educated.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 57
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