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To: central_va
Better they go to Andersonville?

Considering the confederates propensity for shooting any black Union soldier who tried to surrender out of hand then I doubt many woound up either in slavery or Andersonville. But as soldiers I'm sure they would have preferred Andersonville with their white comrades to bondage.

115 posted on 04/14/2010 12:04:43 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur
white comrades

Oh joy, such comrade ship between the races in the Union Army!

117 posted on 04/14/2010 12:06:55 PM PDT by central_va ( http://www.15thvirginia.org)
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