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Re: Yes, There Were Black Confederates
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Charles was a free man and paid like any other soldier. I found his obituary :

Macon Telegraph, March 20, 1880 page 4

Charley Benger, a free man of color, died March 19, 1880. A fifer for the American forces when the British landed at Darien in 1813. A pilot on the Ocmulgee River. Fifer for the "Macon Volunteers" since their organization in 1825.

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