Some of us was in the Second Kansas Colored. We fought the Rebs at Jenkins' Ferry last...

[first lines] Private Harold Green: [speaking to Lincoln on the battlefield] Some of us was in the Second Kansas Colored. We fought the Rebs at Jenkins' Ferry last April just after they killed every Negro soldier they captured at Poison Springs. So at Jenkins' Ferry, we decided warn't takin' no Reb prisoners. And we didn't leave a one of 'em alive. The ones of us that didn't die that day, we joined up with the 116th US Colored, sir, from Camp Nelson, Kentucky.

Some of us was in the Second Kansas Colored. We fought the Rebs at Jenkins' Ferry last April just after they killed every Negro soldier they captured at Poison Springs. So at Jenkins' Ferry, we decided warn't takin' no Reb prisoners. And we didn't leave a one of 'em alive. The ones of us that didn't die that day, we joined up with the 116th U.S. Colored, sir, from Camp Nelson, Kentucky. What's your name, soldier? Private. Harold Green, sir. I'm Corporal Ira Clark, sir. Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry. We're waiting over there. We're leaving our horses behind and shipping out with the 24th Infantry for the assault next week on Wilmington. How long have you been a soldier? Two years, sir. The Second Kansas Colored Infantry, they fought bravely at Jenkins' Ferry. That's right, sir. They killed a thousand Rebel soldiers, sir. They were very brave. And making $3 less each month than white soldiers. Us Second Kansas boys... Another $3 subtracted from our pay for our uniforms. That was true, yes sir, but that's changed. Equal pay now, but still no commissioned Negro officers. I'm aware of that, Corporal Clark. Yes, sir. That's good that you're aware, sir...