Describes the contents of a 329-page memoir of Daniel Bond, a member of the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. Relates Bond's experiences with incompetent officers, racial bias toward blacks, and his views on the nature of war. Includes a chronological chart detailing activities of the First Minnesota regiment. (CFR)

Discusses the influx of Black soldiers into the Union army following the Emancipation Proclamation. Concentrates on the case of Private Spotswood Rice. Provides a short history of Rice, including copies of Rice's letters to his enslaved daughters, the daughter's slaveholders, and an angry retort from the slaveowner to the federal commander in…