The Black Phalanx African American Soldiers In The War Of Indep
Chapter 7
The Surrender of Confederate Negro Troops at New Orleans--Slaves flocking to the Union Camp--Gen. Phelps desires to Arm them--Butler Refuses--Gen. Phelps' Resignation--Gen. Butler converted to the Policy of Arming Negroes--Negroes Enlisted at New Orleans--Gen. Weitzel placed in Command--The fight at Mansfield--The Battle of Milliken's Bend--Indignities offered to Phalanx Soldiers--The affair at Ship Island--Port Hudson--The Struggle--Desperate Fighting of the Phalanx--A Useless Effort--Perilous Duties of the Engineers--Boker's Poem on the fight at Port Hudson 183