"...the moment you resort to negro soldiers your white soldiers will be lost to you."
Than again, that might have been the reason that so many thousands of reb soldiers deserted. :)
“Than again, that might have been the reason that so many thousands of reb soldiers deserted.:) “
Typical bigoted Yankee projection ... thank God there aren’t that many of you left ... nothing to contribute but crude and insulting jokes about brave men ...
During the American Revolution, African Americans fought for the colonies, even the bigoted Yankees and Northern slavers that brought them here, though the British offered them freedom if they fought for them.
Black Confederates? Why haven’t we heard more about them? National Park Service historian, Ed Bearrs, stated, “I don’t want to call it a conspiracy to ignore the role of Blacks both above and below the Mason-Dixon line, but it was definitely a tendency that began around 1910”
In other words, the “winners control history.”
Historian, Erwin L. Jordan, Jr., calls it a “cover-up” which started back in 1865. He writes, “During my research, I came across instances where Black men stated they were soldiers, but you can plainly see where ‘soldier’ is crossed out and ‘body servant’ inserted, or ‘teamster’ on pension applications.”
Another black historian, Roland Young, says he is not surprised that blacks fought. He explains that “…some, if not most, Black southerners would support their country” and that by doing so they were “demonstrating it’s possible to hate the system of slavery and love one’s country.”
because cobb was loved by everyone in the confederacy? lol