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If anyone is interested we can analyze each newspaper article in the
Black men in the Confederate army" in the newspapers - 1861-1865
thread.
From post #1
"Hancock Jeffersonian", March 17, 1865
This suggest that Black Confederate Combatants were unknown before 1865 and even then unpopular.
The article is anonymous. Opinionated.
Historical Support Emphsis mine.
Black Confederates - Encyclopedia Virginia
Black men in the Confederate army" in the newspapers - 1861-1865
thread.
From post #1
"Hancock Jeffersonian", March 17, 1865
This suggest that Black Confederate Combatants were unknown before 1865 and even then unpopular.
The article is anonymous. Opinionated.
Historical Support Emphsis mine.
Black Confederates - Encyclopedia Virginia
That body had already defeated a bill calling for the involuntary enlistment of 200,000 black men, and would likely have defeated the Barksdale bill had not Virginia's two senators, R. M. T. Hunter and Allen T. Caperton, changed their votes due to instructions from the General Assembly.