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12-24-2006, 11:36 PM
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What I find ironic is that I have at least 2 male ancestors who were Confederate Officers during the War...
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White or black?
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12-25-2006, 12:33 AM
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White or black?
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Not all your oars are in the water...
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12-25-2006, 02:51 AM
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BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! I'mma use that one.. thanks...
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12-25-2006, 12:54 PM
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There were many Black Confederate soldiers, even officers. Most current blacks tend to forget this.
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12-25-2006, 01:08 PM
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There were many Black Confederate soldiers, even officers. Most current blacks tend to forget this.
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Elephant Walk;
I support you. This issue just became "main-stream" over the past few years. Civil War News had several articals and Letters to Ed past few months. Prior to that, I have seen Blacks in Civil War Re-enactments wearing Gray.
Just to further round out this history class: Women fought on both sides, Indians fought on both sides as well as against both sides-the war in the West while smaller in scope was just as bad. In fact there was an Indian Confederate General.
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12-27-2006, 12:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Elephant Walk
There were many Black Confederate soldiers, even officers. Most current blacks tend to forget this.
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Indeed but maybe she assumed that you should assume her ancestors were black. That wouldn't have been a safe assumption but who knows what she assumed that you should assume.
But you're preaching to the choir because "most" current blacks don't forget that fact. The context of their soldier status is well remembered as inequality under the Confederacy, which is why being a "proud" Confederate soldier and waving the Confederate flag is baffling to many blacks.
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12-27-2006, 01:15 PM
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Umm..back to the topic at hand please...
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12-27-2006, 03:22 PM
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Umm..back to the topic at hand please...
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The "topic at hand" is a nontopic so this thread should evolve into something more informative and/or entertaining.
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12-27-2006, 03:40 PM
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The "topic at hand" is a nontopic so this thread should evolve into something more informative and/or entertaining.
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Possibly in the eye of the beholder?
Many seem to want to gloss over the actual facts and use them as they see fit.
History is History and will always be History no matter how some want to rewrite it.
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12-27-2006, 10:02 PM
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The "topic at hand" is a nontopic so this thread should evolve into something more informative and/or entertaining.
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True, but it was doing so well for a while 
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