Title: Rare Civil War letter to an Union Army officer in Louisiana, expressing "great faith" in newly-recruited Black soldiers Author: Place: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Publisher: Date: 1863 Description: McFarland, David. Autograph Letter Signed. Aurora, Maine, June 8, 1863. 2pp. With original mailing envelope. To Lt. W.S.Carter, 3rd Regiment, US Volunteers, Gen. Ullman Brigade, care of Col. Hamlin, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Written to a young officer of the Union Army who was working with newly-recruited Black troops in Louisiana, expressing "great faith" in these African-American soldiers - a rare comment amid the wartime racism which was almost as prevalent in the North as in the South. McFarland writes: “…You say you have turned Abolitionist. I think we all ought to turn Abolitionist. I do hope that the Negroes will make good soldiers. If they do and I can see no reason why they will not, they will be a great help to us. I hope you white officers will treat them well as they are faithful creatures if they like their master. Slavery has got to go down and I think this war will never end until the system of slavery is killed out. Them Northern Democrats are terrible afraid the Government will take those slaves and use them against their masters. They think it would be an awful crime….Rebels…there is a few honorable exceptions but the most of them are rotten to the core. It is Union or disunion with us now… them copperheads… if I had my way I should hang every one of them for I do think if there ever was a set of men that deserved hanging it is them same copperheads. I am one of those that think this rebellion will be put down…Let me know how your black soldiers get along. I have great faith in them…” Lt. William S. Carter, McFarland's friend, who received this letter, was an idealistic Union Army officer who was then supervising Black soldiers in building trenches near Baton Rouge. Just weeks later, he collapsed and died of heat exhaustion. His commanding officer, Colonel Cyrus Hamlin, son of Lincoln’s first Vice President, who had himself volunteered for service with Black troops, had Carter’s body preserved in liquor and sent home to his family. Lot Amendments Condition: Small hole at crease otherwise very good Item number: 247546
Title: Rare Civil War letter to an Union Army officer in Louisiana, expressing "great faith" in newly-recruited Black soldiers Author: Place: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Publisher: Date: 1863 Description: McFarland, David. Autograph Letter Signed. Aurora, Maine, June 8, 1863. 2pp. With original mailing envelope. To Lt. W.S.Carter, 3rd Regiment, US Volunteers, Gen. Ullman Brigade, care of Col. Hamlin, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Written to a young officer of the Union Army who was working with newly-recruited Black troops in Louisiana, expressing "great faith" in these African-American soldiers - a rare comment amid the wartime racism which was almost as prevalent in the North as in the South. McFarland writes: “…You say you have turned Abolitionist. I think we all ought to turn Abolitionist. I do hope that the Negroes will make good soldiers. If they do and I can see no reason why they will not, they will be a great help to us. I hope you white officers will treat them well as they are faithful creatures if they like their master. Slavery has got to go down and I think this war will never end until the system of slavery is killed out. Them Northern Democrats are terrible afraid the Government will take those slaves and use them against their masters. They think it would be an awful crime….Rebels…there is a few honorable exceptions but the most of them are rotten to the core. It is Union or disunion with us now… them copperheads… if I had my way I should hang every one of them for I do think if there ever was a set of men that deserved hanging it is them same copperheads. I am one of those that think this rebellion will be put down…Let me know how your black soldiers get along. I have great faith in them…” Lt. William S. Carter, McFarland's friend, who received this letter, was an idealistic Union Army officer who was then supervising Black soldiers in building trenches near Baton Rouge. Just weeks later, he collapsed and died of heat exhaustion. His commanding officer, Colonel Cyrus Hamlin, son of Lincoln’s first Vice President, who had himself volunteered for service with Black troops, had Carter’s body preserved in liquor and sent home to his family. Lot Amendments Condition: Small hole at crease otherwise very good Item number: 247546
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