Have you ever come across some confederate after action reports talking about their black soldiers and how they did in combat? Or any other confederate correspondence talking about black confederate combat troops? Just curious.
Based on their CinC record of veracity; this could make sense also.
Based on the confederate leadership's record of racism, this could explain the lack of rebel documentation.
1. Congressional Testimony of Nathan Bedford Forrest before the Congress Joint Select Committee, Ku Klux conspiracy: Report of the joint Select Committee to Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States, Made to Both Houses of Congress. 42nd Congress; 2nd session, Senate Report 41, Volume 13; Washington, D.C. (1872)
Nathan Beford Forrest
I said to forty-five colored fellows on my plantation that it was a war upon slavery, and that I was going into the army; that if they would go with me, if we got whipped they would be free anyhow, and that if we succeeded and slavery was perpetuated, if they would act faithfully to me to the end of the war, I would set them free . . . Eighteen months before the war closed I was satisfied that we were going to be defeated and, and I gave them their free papers, for I fear I might be killed . . . No finer Confederates rode with me. {Emphasis Added}
When Forrest surrendered, there were 65 Free Men of Color riding with his forces. It is noted that all of these men rode with Gen. Forrest until the end of the war and not one ever signed an Oath of Loyalty or was “reconstructed.”
“Based on the confederate leadership’s record of racism, this could explain the lack of rebel documentation.”
Ask NS why the Union had segregated troops! And why the Union pressed the Blacks into service after the Confederacy already had them serving in integrated units.
Plus, the Union made sure to destroy all the Confederate records they could get their hands on. I’ve got another link I’ll post for dump truck tomorrow. It’s a black descendent of a Confederate soldier and he has a pic of his soldier ancestor. Didn’t have much time for forum today.
These are the most racist and statist people I’ve ever seen!