And I do strictly charge and
require all officers, non-commissioned officers and privates
under his command to be obedient to his orders as captain;
and he is to observe and follow such orders and directions,
from time to time, as he shall receive from me, or the
future Governor of the State of Louisiana, or other superior
officers, according to the Rules and Articles of War, and in
conformity to law.
"'In testimony whereof, I have caused these letters to be
made patent, and the seal of the State to be hereunto
annexed.
"'Given under my hand, at the city of Baton Rouge, on the
second day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-one.
(L.S.) (Signed) THOS. O. MOORE.
"'By the Governor:
(Signed) P.D. HARDY,
Secretary of State.
(Wilson: Black Phalanx, p. 194.)
[27] De Tocqueville: L'Ancien Regime et La Revolution, p. 125-6.
[28] Thomas Westworth Higginson: Army Life in a Black Regiment, pp.
57-8.
[29] Thomas Wentworth Higginson: Army Life in a Black Regiment, p.
261.
[30] Williams's Negro Troops in the Rebellion, pp. 339-40, quoting the
order.
[31] Williams's Negro Troops in the Rebellion, pp.
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