Because there were a lot of black Confederates. The Union Army treated freed slaves as captured war materiel and used them as combat engineers in the face of the enemy. A chunk of the "freed" slaves defected back to Confederate lines.
I’m actually going to visit some distant white relatives later this year that I met via ancestry.com. Our common ancestor was a confederate plantation owner in Alabama. I guess I could technically join the group
I'm actually the historian for a bunch of historical groups in my area, including a couple of SCV chapters. Helps that a couple of ancestors died in the Late War of Northern Aggression.
Cool!! I have a gggg grandfather that was a colonel in the revolutionary war. I was told I could apply for that group as well. Do you have any recommendations for any docs about Indians or blacks who fought for the confederacy? I ask because a friend of mine flat out didn’t believe me when I told him there are black SCV members.
Same thing when you tell them there are black members of the Sons of the Confederacy.
Because there were a lot of black Confederates. The Union Army treated freed slaves as captured war materiel and used them as combat engineers in the face of the enemy. A chunk of the "freed" slaves defected back to Confederate lines.
I’m actually going to visit some distant white relatives later this year that I met via ancestry.com. Our common ancestor was a confederate plantation owner in Alabama. I guess I could technically join the group
I'm actually the historian for a bunch of historical groups in my area, including a couple of SCV chapters. Helps that a couple of ancestors died in the Late War of Northern Aggression.
Cool!! I have a gggg grandfather that was a colonel in the revolutionary war. I was told I could apply for that group as well. Do you have any recommendations for any docs about Indians or blacks who fought for the confederacy? I ask because a friend of mine flat out didn’t believe me when I told him there are black SCV members.
You have ancestors in any other wars?