You mentioned the Black Confederate veterans. I think that I feel most bad for them. Many deny that they ever existed because it doesn’t fit their version of history. Sadly, it wasn’t only the white women of the South that suffered such violence. Black women and girls were also abused. They may have been freed slaves but they were still 2nd class citizens in this country’s eyes. Former slaves suffered many of the same fates as white Southerners. This war wasn’t about folks caring for Black people. At least, they didn’t show it if it was. I think that inciting the former slaves to riot was “sport” for some folks. Not that they didn’t have reasons to riot, but when it was all said and done, it didn’t really help the former slaves in the long run. They weren’t much better off than before when it was all over with. They still had another 100yrs to go before real emancipation took place.
very true
there was an estimated 60,000 blacks who fought for the south, a couple of which are buried in my town which is handy seeing as some refuse to know this fact.
Another difference was that blacks in the south was not always put into segregated regiments like the north.
Forest said that no better confederates ever lived but to hear some about Forest you would think he was the devil.
Maybe one day the black community and the left loons will look more closely into history and maybe in the month of Feb they will be told that blacks were on the side of the south as well as the north