To: Ditto
See my #118. Forced into fighting. And those that weren't 'serving' followed the union troops because that was one of the only sources for food. You know with the union having burned half the d#mn South to the ground. union letters and diaries tell that tale, gruesome that it is
To: billbears
See my #118. Forced into fighting. You just described three quarters of the rebel army, billbears. About 30% were draftees and most of the rest had their enlistments involuntarily extended for the duration of the war in 1862. Those are facts. Your claim about Union black soldiers are your own opinion.
To: billbears
Forced into fighting. BS bill. The officers who recruited them were staunch abolitionists. They believed in equality.
You're starting to remind me of a Begala or Carville with your Clintonic spin.
124 posted on
07/02/2002 11:18:59 AM PDT by
Ditto
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