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To: BroJoeK
You might find this photograph interesting....

Does it look familiar?

More information about this doctored photo and the revisionists responsible HERE

221 posted on 01/21/2016 5:50:49 PM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: mac_truck; DiogenesLamp; central_va; rockrr; x; HandyDandy; Kaslin; manc; IrishBrigade; SeeSharp; ..
mac_truck: "More information about this doctored photo and the revisionists responsible HERE "

Thanks, FRiend!
Wouldn't you know, I was just hoping to give the devil his due, showing actual black Confederate soldiers, however temporary they proved, and however disrespected by Confederate authorities.
Now turns out the photo itself is fake, just like most everything else claimed by pro-Confederates.

Lesson learned.

Actual 1864 Union Army photo from Fort William Penn, Philadelphia, used to create recruiting poster:

This is the 1864 Union Army recruiting poster created from the photo above:

And here is a 2004 fake pro-Confederate photo purporting to show 1st Louisiana Native Guard in 1861, but actually just cropped from the original photo above:

225 posted on 01/22/2016 3:24:37 AM PST by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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