(Colored Troops Volunteer) An impassioned call to arms for colored troops appearing in the newspaper The Daily Conservative, Leavenworth Ks., Aug. 4, 1864 The page two notice reads in part: To Arms! Colored Men Arouse! Avenge Ft. Pillow! Colored Battery WITH Black Commissioned Officers Bounty And Pay Same As To White Recruits! Able Bodied Men Fall In! The paper also includes news of the terrible conditions at the Confederate prison in Americus, Ga., news of Grant at Petersburg, and illustrated ads for a balloon ascension and ready-made coffins. Fine condition.