Search results

So what made him "Cavalry"? He rode a horse with others that road horses? Killed a few men? He wasn't CAVALRY, no matter how much folk worship him. BTW, he was almost worthless/ineffective after that retreat from Nashville. Sell him to someone else, not buying that he was "Cavalry". Kevin Dally

"the most feared cavalryman on either side." Wong, he wasn't anything Cavalry like Hampton, or Stuart actually were. Too much is made of Forrest these days, he was just a good raider. Kevin Dally

My Great Uncle...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_I._J._Thornton Kevin Dally

WHY are we even paying attention to the Abbeville Institute anyway?:rolleyes: Kevin Dally

Are those Confederate Articles of war? Does that fit into the white supremacy mindset of the confederacy, their enlistment rules? Kevin Dally

The whole "Black Confederate" issue is used to modify history for devious aims by the biggest culprit... the pro confederate heritage sect. Those folk too often want to deviate history to take a black/slave in the ranks, and shove it down peoples throats that because of this so called...

And to what end are you hoping to achieve with your addiction to finding the mythical black confederate? You source everything imaginable BUT what the laws of the confederacy was in arming slaves, to dodging around the confederate government's official stand on the matter of "negroes bearing...

I wonder if laws concerning arming slaves, changed in some way? ;) No they were not soldiers, so why work so hard to make them as such, or try to get folk to BELIEVE they were? Kevin Dally

Still, does it override the CS Government's stand on blacks/slaves/negroes being soldiers? Kevin Dally

Too much to be made into what it ain't! Kevin Dally

Is the Confederate Government overruled by newspaper articles on the subject of so-called "black confederates", or blacks/slaves being soldiers? Kevin Dally

Might want to make that fact known to some posters here on this BB! Kevin Dally

I'm not understanding all this relying on newspaper articles/opinions/comments on so-called "Black Confederates"? Was it not Confederate Government's position to make the final decision, not newspapers? Kevin Dally

Can you prove what you wish to be true? That is a vague accusation you are throwing out, so typical of what pro-confederate folk always sling out, but never offer proof of. Kevin Dally

OK, I have never made fun of, or disparaged someone's personal, or username on any BB, at any time, I do not expect it to be done to me! Are we clear? Kevin Dally aka Canteen

USCT WERE actual Soldiers, recognized as such by the US. Government. Kevin Dally

Confederate Government opinion based on existing laws? o_O Kevin Dally

No...can't find where the Confederacy says they were, or changed laws giving blacks/slaves that status. Kevin Dally

By enlisted, are YOU claiming they were "soldiers"?o_O Kevin Dally

BITCR'S...Blacks in the Confederate Ranks, problem solved! Kevin Dally