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Freedom by the Sword: The U.S. Colored Troops, 1862–1867
Beecher, Brig. Gen. James C., 19, 55, 70,
78–79, 82–83, 85
Beman, Pvt. Charles T., 351–52
Benedict, Lt. Col. Augustus W., 96–97,
113–15
Bennett, Lt. Col. Augustus G., 82
Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, 344–45, 348,
403
Big Black River (Mississippi), 199, 201,
220, 223
Birney, Maj. Gen. David B., 369
Birney, Brig. Gen. William, 71, 73–74, 76,
83, 370, 373, 377, 390, 395–96,
398, 414–15, 417–18
Bishop, Maj. George, 111
Black people
expectations of freedom, 3, 10, 26, 160,
162, 175–76, 191, 407–09, 461–62,
481–83
fears of reenslavement, 29, 31–32,
424, 483
local knowledge and military intelligence,
29–30, 39–40, 69, 86–87,
138, 160, 162, 168, 199–201, 245,
301, 343, 345–46, 385
whites’ attitudes toward, 4–6, 55–56,
460, 463, 469
Black soldiers
arms, 119, 144, 178, 194–95, 337–38,
411–12
diet, 20, 115, 130–31, 140, 146–47,
195, 434–35, 441–43, 446, 470
discipline, 20–22, 98, 113–15, 195–
96, 319–20, 322–23, 331–32, 409–
10, 419–20, 422, 442, 450, 469–70
early attempts to enlist, 6–7, 44, 94–
96, 164–65
fatigue duty, 31–32, 55, 108–09, 131–
32, 140, 143–44, 171, 194, 199–
200, 240, 251, 271–72, 355, 393–94
importance of training, 9–10, 65–66,
71–72, 143, 183, 325, 354–55, 357–
59, 367–68, 389–90, 398–99, 409,
446–47
impressment of, 13, 31–32, 110–11,
115, 134, 175–76, 230–31, 262
officers for, 13–22, 32, 96–97, 100–
103, 113, 116, 164–65, 169, 171–73,
176–77, 192–93, 204, 229, 238, 240,
305–06, 309, 312, 388–89, 420, 423,
447, 449–50
pay of, 8, 56–57, 324, 333, 446, 504
prisoners of war, 53–54, 68–69, 185–
88, 203–04, 213–14, 235–36, 277–
78, 281–82, 287–89, 326, 341, 365–
66, 392–93
sickness, 108–09, 115, 129–31, 192,
195, 233, 246, 269–70, 412–13, 434–
35, 442–43
Blunt, Maj. Gen. James G., 236–38
Boggs, 1st Sgt. Isham, 434
Booth, 1st Lt. Dexter F., 17
Booth, Maj. Lionel F., 206
Boswell, Sgt. Maj. Thomas, 439
Bouton, Col. Edward, 211–19
Bowditch, Capt. Charles P., 55
Bowen, Capt. Thomas M., 254–55
Bowler, Capt. James M., 250
Bowles, Lt. Col. John, 237–38
Bradford, Maj. William F., 205–06
Bragg, General Braxton, 266–67, 402, 405,
407
Branson, Lt. Col. David, 430–33, 444, 446
Brashear City, Louisiana, 93, 97, 133, 135–36
Brazos Santiago Island, Texas, 122, 154,
428–35, 437–38, 441, 450
Breckinridge, Maj. Gen. John C., 100
Brice’s Crossroads, Mississippi (battle),
211–13, 380, 459
Brisbin, Col. James S., 386–88
Bronson, Sgt. James H., 378
Brookhaven, Mississippi, 470, 476–78
Brooks, Maj. Thomas B., 55–56
Brooks, Col. William S., 247
Brown, Pvt. Berry, 465–66
Brown, Pvt. Dick, 277, 503–04
Brown, Drury J., 477
Brown, Brig. Gen. Egbert B., 434
Brown, 1st Sgt. Henry, 433–34
Brown, Capt. Henry H., 16, 72, 373, 376–
77, 396, 405–06, 408
Brown, Pvt. Jackson, 231