For anyone who has doubts about the mindset of the Black men recruited to fight and defeat their former masters, the following letter will let you know how many of them felt.
A letter home.
Samuel Cabble, US Colored Troops 55th Massachusettes Infantry(colored) 1863
Dear wife,
I have enlisted in the army. I am now in the state of Massachusettes but before this letter reaches you I will be in North Carolina, and though great is the present national difficulties I look forward to a brighter day when I shall have the opportunity of seeing you in the full enjoyment of freedom.
I would like to know if you are still in slavery. If you are, "it will not be long before we shall have crushed the system that now oppresses you". In the
A letter home.
Samuel Cabble, US Colored Troops 55th Massachusettes Infantry(colored) 1863
Dear wife,
I have enlisted in the army. I am now in the state of Massachusettes but before this letter reaches you I will be in North Carolina, and though great is the present national difficulties I look forward to a brighter day when I shall have the opportunity of seeing you in the full enjoyment of freedom.
I would like to know if you are still in slavery. If you are, "it will not be long before we shall have crushed the system that now oppresses you". In the
