[Arm_Bears]

Indeed, there were black regiments that fought on the side of the Confederacy. There were "uncomfortable" moments when veterans of these regiments showed up at commemorative events in the years after the war.

And, as any serious student of history knows, the Emancipation Proclamation only applied to slaves in the Southern states.

[SC33]

"There were "uncomfortable" moments when veterans of these regiments showed up at commemorative events in the years after the war."

Any Black man who fought for the South should be looked upon with the same respect as any White man who did. They did what they thought they had to, and I can respect that.

[stainlessbanner]

If you ever get chance, meet a man named Nelson Winbush. His grandaddy, Louis Napoleon Nelson, fought for the Confederacy. Louis happened to be black. He was buried with full military honors with the color guard and he has the stories and pictures to prove it.

[Non-Sequitur]

Indeed, there were black regiments that fought on the side of the Confederacy.

I'm always willing to learn and the web is a fountain of knowledge. Here is a Link to a site listing confederate regiments. Which ones were the black ones?

[smug]

NS is trying to trip you up, #203. We know what you meant. He is well aware that black Confederates fought integrated in the ranks of the volunteer state regiments.