[Lee Heggy]

Thanks for the article. I'm sure it will re-kindle the usual internecine hostilities here at FR. The real truth of the Civil War was whispered in the dying breaths of those who fell on both sides and the innocents caught in the middle. No one answer seems to be completely accurate the further we get from the actual events. Everyone has their own agenda. My personal feelings are with those who are buried under neat rows of headstones or in single unmarked shallow graves all over the countryside. The foundation stones and crumbling chimney of my great grandfather's home and the big ancient oak tree he was hung from by marauding jayhawkers speak to me of those terrible times better than any movie or article. Leave it alone.

[jocon307]

"No one answer seems to be completely accurate the further we get from the actual events. Everyone has their own agenda."

You said it. I did a quick Google Search on "black confederate soldiers" and came up with a list that even in the headlines was along the lines of
"yes there were"

"no there weren't"

"yes there were"

"no there weren't"

"yes there were"

"no there weren't".

I obviously won't be able to resolve this issue via the internet. This stuff took place only a little over 100 years ago, I really wouldn't think it would be so difficult to resolve, one way or the other.

Oh well, onto Lincoln: Great President or Tyrant? But this at least can be construed as a matter of opinion, not fact.