Corporal James Henry Gooding wrote President Lincoln saying, “Now the main question is Are we Soldiers, or are we LABOURERS? We are fully armed, and equipped, have done all the various Duties, pertaining to a Soldiers life, have conducted ourselves, to the complete satisfaction of General Officers, who, were if any, prejudiced against us, but who now accord us all the encouragement and honour due us.” What issue, or inequity, was Gooding protesting?