[LeoWindhorse]

It's interestin that the Yankee supporters that always trumpet the numbers of Negros in the Union Forces fail to acknowledge that great numbers of those were conscripted. And many of those very unwillingly conscripted , torn from families and home and thrust into the Union service at bayonet point.
How is this different than slavery itself? Even the Rebs did not force the Negros to appear in the heat of battle unwillingly. Yet the Union did this . As they were the victors
at that time , it was easy for them to sweep this little fact under the proverbial rug for quite awhile.
Neither to they mention how vast numbers of 'Contraband' were 'freed' , only to be pushed off their plantations , having their housing burned and food stolen , turned into refugees and not offered much (if any) help and assistance whatsoever. It was one of the greatest human rights disasters in American history . And yet ,still today, people celebrate this and consider it some 'great victory!'

[LeoWindhorse]

I further contend that the Union's invasion of the South
was the equivalent of the 'first Katrina' .