All of which are various confederate reunions and soldiers.
Why are the 1st Louisiana Native Guard wearing Union uniforms in your picture?
Why are the 1st Louisiana Native Guard wearing Union uniforms in your picture?
I note that in the second to last photograph the supposed black C.S.A. veterans are relegated to the back of the group - even behind what appears to be a white Boy Scout (not a Vet) at the left end of the front row. Did all the black women in the picture also serve under the Stars and Bars? The C.S.A. version of the WAC's?
I note that in the second to last photograph the supposed black C.S.A. veterans are relegated to the back of the group - even behind what appears to be a white Boy Scout (not a Vet) at the left end of the front row. Did all the black women in the picture also serve under the Stars and Bars? The C.S.A. version of the WAC's?
It will take you to the "Black Confederates Heritage" page.
And here's another site for Black Confederates.
The Louisiana Native Guards, formed by free blacks, offered their services to the Confederacy, but when the Confederates REFUSED to accept them, they immediately joined the Union Army under General Ben Butler. That's why their wearing Union Army uniforms in your photograph.
The Louisiana Native Guards, formed by free blacks, offered their services to the Confederacy, but when the Confederates REFUSED to accept them, they immediately joined the Union Army under General Ben Butler. That's why their wearing Union Army uniforms in your photograph.