[Grand Old Partisan]

It is nonsense that there were blacks in the Confederate army. Such was specifically prohibited by CSA law until March 1865. Sure, a slave here or there, in the first monnth or so could have accompanied his master to war, and even been stupid enough to shoot at U. S. troops. The only two regiments of blacks soldiers raised for the rebellion were in Louisiana in 1861. The rebels refused to accept them, whereupon they enlisted in the U. S. Army under Ben Butler.

BTW, under Confederate rule, for the "crime" of possessing a U. S. flag, John Masters would have been hanged.

[Illbay]

I'd forgotten about the Louisiana soldiers.

There was such a hue and cry when the bill that would allow blacks to be stolen from their masters and drafted into the army, that one NC newspaper said "why did we even bother seceding, if not to protect the very property that the government now proposes to confiscate?"

[sheltonmac]

"BTW, under Confederate rule, for the 'crime' of possessing a U. S. flag, John Masters would have been hanged."

I must have missed that little tidbit of information in all the history books I've read. Did you read that in The Definitive History of the Civil War According to Yankee Revisionists?

[billbears]

Well whatever you do, don't check out this list of books. Don't look at any of the pictures of the day of these brave soldiers. Don't go down into South Carolina where there are monuments dedicated to Black Confederates. Ignore the anecdotal evidence from the yankee invasion force. Just stick your fingers in your ears, cover your eyes, and keep telling yourself that only you know the truth.

[manc]

I let it be known what you said today, facts are facts and I’ll be there placing flags today so if it hurts you that there was BlACKS FIGHTING FOR THE SOUTH THEN TOUGH