[24] Greely, The American Conflict, Vol. II, p. 522.
[25] Schwab, The Confederate States of America, p. 193. Moore, Rebellion Records, Vol. VII, p. 210. Jones, Diary, Vol. I, p. 381.
[26] An indorsement from the Secretary of War reads: "If all white men capable of bearing arms are put in the field, it would be as large a draft as a community could continuously sustain, and whites are better soldiers than Negroes. For war, when existence is staked, the best material should be used."—Off. Reds. Rebell., Series IV, Vol. III, pp. 693-694.
[27] Off. Reds. Rebell., Series IV, Vol. III, p. 799.
[28] Ibid., Series IV, Vol. III, p. 846. J. A. Seddon to Maj. E. B. Briggs, Nov. 24, 1864.
[29] Ibid., Series IV, Vol. III, p. 1009.
[30] Off. Reds. Rebell., Series I, Vol. XXVIII, Pt. 2, p. 13.
[31] Ibid., Series I, Vol. LII, Pt. 2, p. 598.
[32] Davis, Civil War and Reconstruction in Florida, p. 226.
[33] Off. Reds. Rebell., Series IV, Vol. III, pp. 959-960.