Black Confederate solders

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The truth is out there!

http://www.forrestsescort.org/blacks.htm

Black men who served on the Confederate side; with honor.

http://www.charlesrpittman.com/samples.html

Ten cent Bill

http://www.patriotfiles.com/forum/showthread.php?t=41236

The forced Enlistment

"Stonewall's" cook:

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Here are some more links that I feel you will enjoy. Be advised the first of these is a rebuttel to a picture which is said to be of the La. free black troop. It is, in fact a picture of Union black solders taken for recruitment purposes. I'm saddened by this lie which only cast a shadow on our side esp. those of us who truly search for the truth as it was. The comment at the end of this post is such that I felt it really needed to be stated for if we are to ever get beyond this we must have the "TRUE" truth of the matter, don't you think?

http://people.virginia.edu/~jh3v/retouchinghistory/essay.html

http://www.abouttimemag.com/nov98story2.html

http://www.dixiescv.org/fact_did-blacks-serve.html

http://www.footnote.com/page/1641_confederate_african_americanscivil_war/

A Confederate Soldier's Story

Adolphus Wiley Montague

December 14, 1835
As Told to Lizzie

And last but not least a lesson on being a true historian.

http://civilwarmemory.typepad.com/civil_war_memory/2008/07/peter-carmichael-on-black-confederates.html

Unfortunately, Neptune’s story has been either co-opted by the eon-Confederate crowd as proof of black loyalty or quickly dismissed by some academics as white propaganda. Both groups need to stop sparring and start acting like historians. I am not hopeful that this will happen, as the political agendas of both sides will not allow either party to disengage. But for those who can put politics aside, who do not need to invent a mythical Confederate army of black and white brothers, and who do not need to demonize the white South for slavery, Neptune’s account might bring an end to this tiresome morality play. The combatants over this issue today, I might add, love to perform this play because it keeps the focus on them and not on the historical actors. If we put the spotlight on Neptune, however, his story reveals how little we know about the many and varied moments of emotional and physical intimacy that existed between males slave and their male owners. We must explore these complex encounters, which promise to reveal new insights into the master-slave relationship, African American manliness, and class divisions within the slave community as well as Confederate society as a whole.

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Here is another great read on this subject.

http://www.37thtexas.org/html/BlkHist.html

Also check out the reference at the bottom of the page as to just who to contact.