[History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and Other Items of Interest by Edward A. Johnson]@TWC D-Link bookHistory of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and Other Items of Interest CHAPTER V 32/45
C.L.Wilson, Manhattan Club, New York." His name is Vairrames y Pillero. He seemed to enjoy the shower of small coin that fell upon him from the hotels.
His first and only English words were "Moocha Moona." These fragments were gathered while visiting at Old Point Comfort recently.
They serve to show the true feeling of the whites for their brave black brother. A.E.MEYZEEK, in the Freeman. Louisville, Ky. BLACK SOLDIER BOYS. The following is what the New York Mail and Express says respecting the good services being rendered by our black soldier boys: "All honors to the black troopers of the gallant Tenth! No more striking example of bravery and coolness has been shown since the destruction of the Maine than by the colored veterans of the Tenth Cavalry during the attack upon Caney on Saturday.
By the side of the intrepid Rough Riders they followed their leader up the terrible hill from whose crest the desperate Spaniards poured down a deadly fire of shell and musketry.
They never faltered.
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