For the benefit of those who have studiously denied that the confederates are training negroes as soldiers, we quote the following paragraph entire from the Bowling Green Currier:
NEW ORLEANS REVIEW. – There was a review of troops in New Orleans on the 8th Inst. A correspondent of the Mobile Register makes mention of a noticeable feature of it as follows:
One of the most noticeable features in the review of the eighth, was the appearance of a large regiment composed of free colored men, and partly officered by men of their own color. They are well armed, clad in substantial uniforms, seemed to be admirably drilled, and altogether made a very creditable appearance. Among them was the company of the old veteran Jordan, the drummer boy of the Chalmette, who stepped as proudly as if again marching to victory under the command of the lion-hearted Jackson. This regiment had their place in the line of march of the Division, and I did not observe that any invidious distinction was made between them and others.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Friday Morning, February 21, 1862, p. 2
