[ravinson]

Any reports of negroes fighting in the Confederate Army prior to 1865 are not credible, given this statement of desperation of Jefferson Davis in February of that year:

"We are reduced to choosing whether the negroes shall fight for us or against us." McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, page 834.

And here's what prominent Confederate leader Robert Toombs said about the issue:

"The day that the Army of Virginia allows a negro regiment to enter the ranks as soldiers they will be degraded, ruined, and disgraced." Foote, Civil War III, page 860.

[Pelham]

Wow. Two whole quotes to sum up the entire subject. No need to investigate further. Raving On has spoken.

[lentulusgracchus]

....given this statement of desperation of Jefferson Davis in February of that year:

And then he promptly cites one of the biggest South-baiters and Confederate-haters in writing today.

I see the provocateur is here, to troll among the unwashed, and give the Bible according to McPherson and the Declaration Society to the untutored and unredeemed.

Hello, Ravinson. Cast any good hooks lately?

[lentulusgracchus]

Any reports of negroes fighting in the Confederate Army prior to 1865 are not credible...

Care to explain the authentic and conclusive-sounding quotation from Dr. Steiner, about the 3,000 armed black men in Jackson's Corps in 1862? Or will you suggest to us now that henchboys and bottle-washers customarily carried LeMats to help them with the horses and the dishes?