[agrandis]

The criminal enterprise known as the democratic party today is very similar to the Radical Republicans of the 19th century.

What never gets reported in the history books, are the Blacks who fought as Confederates, Lincoln's racist views, and the outrageous economic and moral bullying by the North in the years just prior to the war.

[Grand Old Partisan]

Zero, repeat ZERO, blacks fought on the Confederate side during the Civil War. At the onset, a regiment of Louisiana free blacks was formed, but the CSA refused to accept it, which then joined the Union forces. Two weeks before Appomattox, the Confederate Congress authorized black regiments, but none were formed. To put Lincoln's racial views in context, the Democrat position at the time was that blacks were to be chained and whipped. As for the Radical Republicans, their name referred to them being radically against slavery. Their bad reputation in history books is due to the fact that most history book are written by Democrats.