Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Bates” in chapter 1.26 of Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37.:
...wn horn his heroic deed remained for a long time unrecognized; and he and his brave color comrades were maligned, on the supposition that the fictitious recapture claim in H.'s official report and in Bates ' history, was true—that the colors were returned to them, and that they lost them a second time.
But truth is mighty and must in the end prevail.
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