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The Daily Dispatch: April 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 7 (search)
Negroes Volunteering. About fifty free negroes in Amelia county have offered themselves to the Government for any service. In our neighboring city of Petersburg, two hundred free negroes offered for any work that might be assigned to them, either to fight under white officers, dig ditches, or anything that could show their desire to serve Old Virginia. In the same city, a negro hackman came to his master, and insisted, with tears in his eyes, that he should accept all his savings, $100, to help equip the volunteers.--The free negroes of Chesterfield have made a similar proposition. Such is the spirit, among bond and free, through the whole of the State. The fools and scoundrels who calculate on a different state of things, will soon discover their mistake.
The Daily Dispatch: April 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 8 (search)
Mustering into service. --The volunteers arriving in Richmond, and answering the requirements of military law, are immediately mustered into service. Among the Dragoon companies accepted, is Company B, Captain Ball, of Chesterfield. Company A, of the same regiment, has not been mustered in yet Most of the soldiers are now quartered at the Central Fair Grounds — a first-rate place for them, as it affords ample room for the accommodation of any number, with eligible places for squad, company, and battalion drills. The Virginia volunteers need no better place for the various evolutions required to be performed by them.