Nuff said. BTW, haven't you tired of posting that same old piece of crap from the WSJ? Everytime this issue comes up this is the first thing you go to. And McPherson's data is not only unchecked, it's suspect by his very leanings. He throws out anything that disagrees with his POV even though the paper could be staring him in the face. What? All these documents stating the existence and bravery of blacks in the Confederate Army were forged by Southerners? That's a good conspiracy theory there Walt.
This from the man who posts from Russian confederate websites and has been know to quote from Edgar Lee Masters?
Nope. It's in the same file I use with the statement of the rebel congressman who said that white soldiers would refuse to bivouac with blacks, and the one where Howell Cobb said that blacks lacked every qualification to be soldiers.
You neo-rebs don't like to consider the primary sources, but there it is. And when professional award winning scholars use them, you make personal attacks on those professionals.
It's pitiful, really.
Walt