Date: July 13, 1862
Following the Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States (Union) Lieutenant Colonel John G. Parkhurst with the 9th Michigan Infantry reports,”The forces attacking my camp were the First Regiment Texas Rangers, Colonel Wharton, and a battalion of the First Georgia Rangers, Colonel Morrison. . . . There were also quite a number of negroes attached to the Texas and Georgia troops, who were armed and equipped, and took part in the several engagements with my forces during the day.”3
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With relatives who fought on each side of CW I, I can say with conviction that the war was over economic control of the future of the United States and its future.
Every other issue was a smokescreen.
Period.
EXACTLY, case closed.
It really grates some that there were blacks fighting for the south, even today some blacks fly or have no problem with the rebel flag and yet some white do gooding liberal fools have a being problem with it