On the record
Do you not think, in the struggle for the Union, that the withdrawal of negro help from the enemy weakens his resistance to you?
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gutenberg.orgDe Alexander: “Do you not think, in the struggle for the Union, that the withdrawal of negro help from the enemy weakens his resistance…”
Editor's note · Context
This quote highlights Alexander's belief in the strategic advantage gained by weakening the enemy's forces through the withdrawal of black soldiers.
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