[Grand Old Partisan]

The difference, is those black teamsters and such in the Confederate army were S-L-A-V-E-S.

[STONEWALLS]

"The difference, is those black teamsters and such in the Confederate army were S-L-A-V-E-S."

....then I take it you would not consider S-L-A-V-E-S who served under Washington to be Revolutionary War veterans.

[canalabamian]

The difference, is those black teamsters and such in the Confederate army were S-L-A-V-E-S.

Negative. There were free blacks serving in these positions, too. Contrary to popular myth, not all blacks in the South were slaves (cruise through New Orleans sometime and vist the historical markers around the city, free blacks were well established). Again, trying to frame this complex event in black and white is a drastic oversimplification of THE most complex event in OUR history.

[stand watie]

WRONG ANSWER!

only FREE men could take the CSA oath of enlistment. yes, there were slaves who were contracted out to the CSA military, but they were NOT servicemembers, but rather civilian laborers.

the black 100,000 or so black VETERANS were FREEMEN, who CHOSE to join the fight for dixie liberty.

sad for your side, that is FACT!

FRee dixie,sw