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the Ninth Corps bands serenaded the troops with patriotic airs while the soldiers waited for their coffee to boil

had granted the governor authority to raise regiments of black soldiers

When the fighting finally subsided during the late evening of the second day

Despite their spirit and stamina

Roebling’s service—leadership

To Address You as My Friend: African Americans’ Letters to Abraham Lincoln (Johnathan W. White - DLM) equestrian the Ninth Corps bands serenadedTo Address You as My Friend: African Americans' Letters to Abraham Lincoln by Jonathan W. White (Editor), Edna Greene Medford (Foreword) Many African Americans of the Civil War era felt a personal connection to Abraham Lincoln. For the first time in their lives, an occupant of the White House seemed concerned about the welfare of their race. Indeed, despite the tremendous injustice and discrimination that they faced, African Americans now had