[Hacksaw]

Nonsense. I am fully aware of the fact that the confederate congress authorized black combat troops about 4 weeks before Lee surrendered. The interesting thing is that even then, even at the end of the road when they were the most desperate, the confederate congress couldn't bring itself to to anything that might threaten slavery. Those slaves were conscripted into the army and forced to fight for the confederacy and were promised nothing in return. They weren't paid, their masters were. And had the confederacy won the war then they would have been handed back to their owners.

Well, at least you have moved up to "blacks did serve the CSA, but they really didn't want to". That is a step forward. As an aside, when Wlat insists something didn't happen, then that is pretty good evidence it happened.

[rebelyell]

I see that you know wlat well.

Nonsecreter is another animal entirely....when faced with evidence proving he is in the wrong (as GOPcapitalist does daily), he just continues to babble on and spout more ignorance. Hey, wait just a minute....that sounds EXACTLY like wlat! lol

[GOPcapitalist]

As an aside, when Wlat insists something didn't happen, then that is pretty good evidence it happened.

ROTFLOL! You got Wlat nailed down.

[Non-Sequitur]

Well, at least you have moved up to "blacks did serve the CSA, but they really didn't want to".

Most of the confederate army was there even though they didn't want to. Roughly one third of the total force was conscripted. A large percentage of the remaninder were men who had enlisted in 1861 or early 1862 and then had their enlistments extended by the confederate congress for the duration of the war. That was a states-rights issue that President Lincoln wouldn't have dreamed of trampling on. Didn't stop Jeff Davis, though, did it?