[tallhappy]

I was refering to "smug"s comment realting to some sort of imaginary discussion he's having with a professor Gallagher. 11 year old slaves who are personal servants to an officer aren't Confederate soldiers.

Getting a headstone after almost 100 years is nice enough, albeit empty. I guess if one were to think any point one way or the other with regard to these activities it would be why did they not give a confederate veteran's family enough money to even buy a gravestone at the veteran's death?

[smug]

Refresh my memory, where did I say I was having a discussion with Prof. Gary Gallager. I was referring to statements he has made one of which can be viewed on the Library of Congress Web cast page entitled The American Civil War: 365 Days

TITLE: The American Civil War: 365 Days
SPEAKER: Margaret Wagner, Gary Gallagher
EVENT DATE: 04/11/2006
RUNNING TIME: 48 minutes

Does the fact he was a slave mean his service voluntary or not, should not now be honored? That should probably include any conscripted soldier.
Can we say that 11 year old drummer boys killed in battle in the WBTS were not soldiers? They bleed and died just the same.
Some say black persons who only cooked for the Confederacy were not soldiers. My neighbors grandfather was a black cook in WWII in Europe for our soldiers. Guess he wasn't a soldier.

[RegulatorCountry]

"I guess if one were to think any point one way or the other with regard to these activities it would be why did they not give a confederate veteran's family enough money to even buy a gravestone at the veteran's death?"

Who do you think "they" were, in 1926?

[SuziQ]

11 year old slaves who are personal servants to an officer aren't Confederate soldiers.

Why would that young man be any different than a white 11 yr. old who plays the drums for the march, or who works as a personal valet to an officer? There were plenty of those young men, too, and if I'm not mistaken, I've seen pictures of them in Confederate uniforms. There were white cooks, as well, wearing the uniform, who likely never fired a shot at a Yankee, but they were considered part of the Confederate Army.