[568] Saunders, “Early Settlers of Alabama,” p. 29; O. R., Ser. IV, Vol. I, p. 608.
[569] See also article by C. C. Jones, Jr., in Magazine of American History, Vol. XVI, pp. 168-175; J. W. Beverly (colored), “History of Alabama,” p. 22.
[570] Act, Jan. 31, 1861; Beverly, “Alabama,” p. 200.
[571] April 15 and 21, 1862, Pub. Laws, C.S.A., 1st Cong., 2d Sess.
[572] Acts, Oct. 31 and Nov. 20, 1862.
[573] Resolutions, Aug. 29, 1863.
[574] I have known two men who hired negro substitutes to go to the army, and the negroes having been killed in battle, the whites were forced to go.
[575] Beverly, “Alabama,” p. 200; Miller, “Alabama,” pp. 198, 199, 207; Curry, “Civil History,” p. 110; O. R., Ser. IV, Vol. III, p. 933.
[576] John S. Wise, “End of an Era,” pp. 161, 212, speaks of the impression made by the 3d Alabama before and after the two years’ service. The privates in one company in this regiment paid tax on $3,000,000.
[577] See also Beverly, “Alabama,” p. 200. Several of these old body-servants have related their experiences to me.