Washington Post and New York Times report on Negro Confederate Soldier

This brief article about a black Confederate soldier during the War Between the States first appeared in the Washington Post. It was re-printed in The New York Times, October 12, 1902. The article is quoted verbatim below, including the Northern newspapers' use of the racist term “Sambo” in reference to the brave black Confederate:

Negro Confederate Sharpshooter

“One of the annoying sharpshooters on the Confederate side at Yorktown was a negro. He was very clever with the rifle. Several mornings he had climbed a tree and picked off the Union sharpshooters as fast as he could get a good aim at them. He climbed into a tree one morning a little in advance of the other Confederate sharpshooters. One of the Confederate rifle pits was only about twenty rods away, but Sambo was not aware of that. A soldier secured good aim and ordered the negro out, but he refused to come, and a moment later fell dead with a bullet through his head. – Washington Post

Here is a link to the article in The New York Times archives:  http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9504E4DD1E3DEE32A25751C1A9669D946397D6CF