BLACK CONFEDERATE HISTORY MONTH
Just how many black soldiers served for the Confederacy in the War Between the States?
This question will remain unanswered until judgment day arrives. Some estimates say that between 30,000 to 100,000 blacks contributed to the Confederate forces during the War for Southern Independence. As with all other written history of war, the victor pushes for their side to be the truth and covers up the real truth with cloudy responses. Since Mr. Lincolns War, the government and anti southern organizations have repeatedly tried to cover up the notion that blacks served as soldiers. These detracting entities will tell you that there were no such people. These revisionists will tell you that the blacks were slaves and forced to serve in the Confederate forces as laborers and cooks. These groups will say the war was 'fought over slavery' and for no other reason. In order to pull off this grand illusion, many records were destroyed and numbers suppressed to suit their needs. However, photos and the written accounts from the Black Confederates survived. Many of these accounts were told by the Black Confederates themselves at United Confederate Veterans reunions.
Below is an image taken from the January 10, 1863 edition of Harper's Weekly. The newspaper published a drawing by Mr. Theodore R. Davis, a battlefield artist for Harper's Weekly. Mr. Davis sketched what was observed through an officers field glass. He sketched two black Confederates fully armed and uniformed standing picket duty! Wait a minute, I was told they never existed! That they only under unusual circumstances did they fire weapons at the invading army of the North. A lot of the Black Confederates served in the capacity of laborers and cooks. So what does this mean for the men and women in today's United States armed forces. In today's military, men and women are detailed as cooks and laborers. These jobs in accordance with historical revisionists would mean they are not soldiers. Another fascinating thing about this picture is that the Black Confederates could have left for the enemy at any given time, but they stood their ground and they wore the gray.
(click on the image to get a larger view)
Dr. Leonard Hayes, a deceased African-American professor at Southern university remarked, "When you eliminate the Black Confederate soldier, you've eliminated the history of the South"
There are many places to begin to understand the truth. Several are listed here. If you want to know the truth, read. Read the words of the men who fought and not the words of revisionists that have only one agenda, to discredit the actions of Black Confederate Soldiers.