Posted on 08/27/2006 9:13:18 AM PDT by smug
As slaves they didn't have much of a say in the matter. But in any case virtually all served in supporting roles and not as combat troops.
Officially they were not, since the Davis regime refused to recognize them as such.
If you POST documented proof that a Black regiment was formed, his next statement will be along the lines of 'was their offer accepted?' Next he'll demand proof of service, names, ages, size of their underwear etc. Noni is the prototypical neo-con, according to him the entire Union army was comprised 100% of fighters (no cooks, teamsters, quartermasters etc).
A reasonable request given the length that all y'all go to in order to lie about black service. Will you trot out the old canard about two black regiments being at Bull Run? If you do then I'll post the confederate OOB and ask you to identify them, and then you'll slink off and ignore it.
ROTFLMC*O!!!! That's the pot calling the kettle black! The Lincoln REGIME confiscated blacks by the thousands to server as slaves/conscripts.
Tu quoque, tu quoque.
"The day that the army of Virginia allows a negro regiment to enter their lines as soldiers they will be degraded, ruined and disgraced," -Robert Toombs
"If slaves will make good soldiers, our whole theory of slavery is wrong" - Howell Cobb.
Once again the words of the Confederates themselves deflate the arguments of their latter day apologists.
ONLY leftist, REVISIONIST, scholars believe that the war was about slavery.
the MAJOR cause of the war was lincoln failing to choose PEACE, with the new dixie republic. in fact the war was about his EGO & hunger for more POWER & $$$$$$$$.
as a result of lincoln's FOLLY, a MILLION people were killed for NOTHING good.
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do you HAVE a point???
NO? i thought NOT.
PLEASE do NOT capitalize any portion of my screen-name (unless of course you are talking about our tribe's beloved & VALOROUS General)
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slaves, accompanying their owners, were NOT members of the forces, as they were not free to take the Oath of Enlistment.
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"can you say DALLAS & FORT WORTH, children??? SURE you can!"
lol at your DY propaganda!
you & i have discussed these FACTS numerous time, but still you try to evade the UNcomfortable TRUTH about dixie's BLACK soldiers, as it makes the DAMNyankee's WAR of AGGRESSION against the south look BAD!
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of course there always were MANY black veterans.
in the case of KY, 20% of the persons, who drew CSA pensions, were "men of colour".
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The Negro's Pensions Law established by the Tenn. state legislature provided funds to former slaves who served their masters in the Confederate army. They were NOT freed until the North whipped the South into submission.
The point is the Confederacy LOST! Get over it, like the rest of the South has.
Actually, according to the official 1860 census there were 8,665 people living in Dallas county, and 6,020 in Tarrant. According to the Rockwall County website, the county wasn't formed until 1873. In 1860 it was part of Kaufman County (population 3,936).
Anything else you want to laugh at?
otoh, i spend a lot of time explaining the TRUTH about "my ancestor's war" to IGNORANT people, who believe the DAMNyankee LIES about WHY our HONORABLE ancestors fought against the INVADERS.
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yes, Rockwall county was formed in 1873, but the LAND & PEOPLE (NONE of whom were "enumerated") were there.
as for Dallas & Tarrant counties, ONLY those persons residing on the NORTH & EAST banks of the rivers were counted, as the bridges were "OUT" during the census. Dallas County was "undercounted" by about 80%! nobody is sure what "the undercount" in Tarrant was.
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So they made these figures up? link
in those far away days, "enumerators" frequently DID "make things up" (SOME enumerators in the 19th century got paid for "counting people",therefore MANY of the "counted" didn't exist, except "on paper".), as they knew their work wouldn't be "checked" for accuracy. this "problem of accountability" is why the DAR & several other heritage groups will NOT accept "naked census data", absent other independent proof of lineage.
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Odd as it may seem, not everyone resorts to the same tactics as you do.
I guess that's how the Democrats measure the sacrifice of a Black man serving in the Confederate army.
Just good enough to buy a grave, not good enough to get a headstone or a real pension as a white Confederate veteran would have received.
The UDC and the SCV would have a lot more black members if they paid the pensions that Democrats refused to pay to the descendent's.
well, since everyone KNOWS that 99% of what you post is SELF-serving, DAMNyankee, PROPAGANDA, your opinion on "honesty" is hereby DISCOUNTED to ZERO.<P.free dixie,sw
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I find it hard to believe you were ever an officer in the United States Army based upon the way you respond to people on the internet.
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