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The Daily Dispatch: July 20, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Impossibility of Johnston saving Vicksburg (search)
s low country origin; but unfortunately somebody's gun went off about the same time, and the fellow was killed. They received no tender treatment during the skirmish, and the marsh in one place was thick with their dead bodies. A noteworthy fact, mentioned by the prisoners, is, that after they were put into the fight, their white officers deserted them to a man, and left them to shift as best they might. They say there are two regiments of negroes on the island — the 54th Massachusetts, Col. Shaw, and the 2d South Carolina. There is also a regiment of whites, but these broke at the first fire. The whole force on the island is supposed to be not more than twelve or fifteen hundred men. The prisoners believe they are to be hung, and gave as a reason for fighting as well as they did that they would rather die of bullet than rope. It is a nice question whether they are to be recognized as belligerents or outlaws, and the indignation of our troops is not concealed at the thought