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To: Grand Old Partisan

Yes, that matches what I've read of the Virginia blacks "drafted" into the Confederate army. Indeed, the CSA Congress debated the issue from 1864 onward and steadfastly refused to arm blacks.


120 posted on 03/01/2005 6:20:21 AM PST by LS (CNN is the Amtrak of news)
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To: LS

Many neo-Cofederates count as black rebel troops slaves who dug latrines, drove carts, and so forth for their rebel masters.


121 posted on 03/01/2005 6:23:13 AM PST by Grand Old Partisan (You can read about my history of the GOP at www.republicanbasics.com)
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