Much as I would hate to start up the whole 'Black Confederate' brouhaha again, I ran across the book 'The Political History of the United States During the Great Rebellion' on Google Books and, as I had not seen it referred to elsewhere, thought it was of some interest to us here.
Forgive me if I'm posting something everyone already knows.
The pertinent part begins here.
I'm researching a book about an ancestor who was a free man of color in TN who was pressed into the Confederate Army, and as you see here, TN passed a law in June 1861 conscripting free men of color. Since there were only two adult free men of color in the county my ancestor resided in - he and his brother - it seems he's the one who drew the short straw.
As far as I know, most Confederate states strictly forbade 'enlisting' blacks. Was TN the only one? Is there someone here who has more documentation?
Forgive me if I'm posting something everyone already knows.
The pertinent part begins here.
I'm researching a book about an ancestor who was a free man of color in TN who was pressed into the Confederate Army, and as you see here, TN passed a law in June 1861 conscripting free men of color. Since there were only two adult free men of color in the county my ancestor resided in - he and his brother - it seems he's the one who drew the short straw.
As far as I know, most Confederate states strictly forbade 'enlisting' blacks. Was TN the only one? Is there someone here who has more documentation?
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