[geeks] I just saw...

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Sat, 11 Nov 2006 @ 19:51 +0000, Mike Meredith said:

> On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 21:43:46 +0200, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> > control. It really was a move to allow the Union Army to march into
> > town, free the slaves and then conscript them. They were not allowed
> > to fight, but someone had to dig the latrines, haul things, etc.
> 
> Some were allowed to fight :-

A lot of southern blacks fought for the confederacy, and some of their
descendents show up at places like "Sons of Confederate Veterans".


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