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A faithful negro.

--A correspondent of the Troy (Ala.) Advertiser, who was engaged in the late bombardment near Pensacola, relates the following noteworthy incident of a faithful negro during the action:

‘ "I must tell you about our old servant Jim. Jim is about sixty years of age, and belongs to a Mr. Sinquefield, near Perote. Jim has been in our company for some time as a cook, besides several others — but when the firing commenced every negro left camps in double quick time except Jim, and he stood up to us like a man and offered his services to the company in any way that they thought proper; and he was put to cooking. The pieces of bombs would frequently strike Jim's cook-house, but to no purpose; he would cook the victuals and then carry them to the boys at their guns, during the, hottest of the battle. While passing from the cook-house to the battery, a ball struck the ground so near him that it knocked him down and nearly covered him with sand, but he got up, brushed off the dirt, made some slight remark, and went ahead."

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The Daily Dispatch: December 23, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. December 23, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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