To: agrandis
If blacks had fought for the Confederacy, the Confederacy would have won. In fact When General Cleburne suggested creating units of freed blacks in 1864 he paid for his suggestion by being passed over for command of the Army of the Tennessee. And everyone knew he should have gotten the job.
The rapid collapse of the Confederate position in the deep South after the fall of Vicksburg is easily explained by the fact that the Union was able to secure it's lines of communication by garrisons of freed blacks.
To: Tokhtamish
If blacks had fought for the Confederacy, the Confederacy would have won. Wish you were right, because thousands did. It's a fact. Look into it, open-mindedly.
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11/02/2002 1:25:43 PM PST by
agrandis
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