. . . is given in the fact that the rebels at Yorktown drive the negroes into positions of danger that they dare not occupy themselves, and compel them to mount fortifications and act as artillerymen when there is a pretty certain chance of being picked off by our sharpshooters. It is an old custom among the chivalry to dodge behind the nigger. Breckinridge’s escape to secession will be ever memorable for his disguise behind a greasy darkey.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 10, 1862, p. 1
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