‘Black Confederates: The Forgotten Men In Gray’ (Video)

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‘Black Confederates: The Forgotten Men In Gray’ (Video)

 

The number of African-Americans, both slave and free, that served in the Confederate Army in a direct combat capacity was minor, and was never official policy. After the war, the State of Tennessee granted Confederate Pensions to nearly 300 African Americans for their service to the Confederacy.  Discussions amongst CSA officers on the potential enlistment of slaves is highlighted in the section above. While an accurate estimate of the number of African Americans who served in the Confederate armed forces may never be known, the United States Census of 1890 lists 3,273 African Americans who claimed to be Confederate veterans.

 

This is how I like to think of the confederacy.  Not as some tainted racist utopia but as the south!   A melting pot of  cultures that told DC ad Lincoln, the dictator, to shove it.   In schoolyour taght Lincoln was a hero only later to realize he was very much against the opinion's of the founding fathers and violated the constitution in the most gravest of ways.  Don't let neo-nazis and ku kluxers steal your heritage.  Your southern too..  -Mort

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