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Letter from Fort Blakely
Union Engineer George P. Hunt wrote this letter dated April 16, 1865. Hunt wrote that the colored troops "showed no quarter during the first part of the fight. Those who drew down their arms begged for mercy, the colored troops thought Forrest and his command was there. The whole garrison was marched down to the landing guarded by Negro troops. Generals, Captains and all hands, they appeared to take it very hard, but there was no help for them." |