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Manuscript/Mixed Material William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection: Letter, soldier to Flora in Michigan, Paint Rock Station, Ala., "They [rebel guerilla bands] much prefer attacking unarmed R.R. Repairers, citizens, and defenseless negroes, to meddling with 'Yanks' who know how to use the Rifles they possess,"

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Title

  • William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection: Letter, soldier to Flora in Michigan, Paint Rock Station, Ala., "They [rebel guerilla bands] much prefer attacking unarmed R.R. Repairers, citizens, and defenseless negroes, to meddling with 'Yanks' who know how to use the Rifles they possess,"

Names

  • Gladstone, William A., collector

Headings

  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American
  • -  United States. Colored Troops
  • -  United States. Continental Army--African American troops
  • -  United States. Corps d'Afrique
  • -  Slavery
  • -  United States--Armed Forces--African Americans
  • -  United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, African American
  • -  Collectors
  • -  Manuscripts
  • -  United States

Genre

  • Manuscripts

Call Number/Physical Location

  • mss83434, box 5; item 503

Source Collection

  • William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection

Repository

  • Manuscript Division

Digital Id

Online Format

  • online text
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Gladstone, William A., Collector. William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection: Letter, soldier to Flora in Michigan, Paint Rock Station, Ala., "They rebel guerilla bands much prefer attacking unarmed R.R. Repairers, citizens, and defenseless negroes, to meddling with 'Yanks' who know how to use the Rifles they possess,". 1865. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/mss83434503/.

APA citation style:

Gladstone, W. A. (1865) William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection: Letter, soldier to Flora in Michigan, Paint Rock Station, Ala., "They rebel guerilla bands much prefer attacking unarmed R.R. Repairers, citizens, and defenseless negroes, to meddling with 'Yanks' who know how to use the Rifles they possess,". [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mss83434503/.

MLA citation style:

Gladstone, William A., Collector. William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection: Letter, soldier to Flora in Michigan, Paint Rock Station, Ala., "They rebel guerilla bands much prefer attacking unarmed R.R. Repairers, citizens, and defenseless negroes, to meddling with 'Yanks' who know how to use the Rifles they possess,". 1865. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mss83434503/>.