To: SmithL
The number of black combatants was infinitessimal as a % of all Confed. soldiers. All laborers in uniform were promised their freedom in return for service, which was a risk they willingly took. It is hardly what the article implies---that blacks couldn't wait to fight for good ol' massa.
20 posted on
02/27/2005 6:36:10 AM PST by
LS
(CNN is the Amtrak of news)
To: LS
why did maryland and delaware both allow slavery during the civil war, but were union states? Why didn't lincoln put an end to their slavers?
Don't let the facts trip you up yankee scum.
30 posted on
02/27/2005 8:14:53 PM PST by
DixieOklahoma
(Since 2004: real American voters = 1, dead democrats = 0)
To: LS
yet ANOTHER wrong answer.
slaves could NOT be soldiers, as they were NOT FREE to take the oath of enlistment.
free dixie,sw
68 posted on
02/28/2005 9:58:09 AM PST by
stand watie
(being a damnyankee is no better than being a racist. it is a LEARNED prejudice against dixie.)
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