The SCV version of 'belief' in 'Black Confederates'

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Another Black SCV Member Stands Proudly for Dixie and His Confederate Ancestor[/paste:font]



Tyrone Williams is not offended by the Battle Flag! His ancestor fought with the 16th South Carolina and he's very proud of it. Tyrone has Dixie as a ringtone on his telephone and a Confederate flag license tag on his pickup truck. He is a 'hard-core' Confederate of Camp 1857 in Leavenworth, Kansas. Folks don't mess with him because he's a retired deputy federal marshal, packs heat and is 6'2". God bless Tyrone for taking a stand!

Compatriot Williams is shown standing over the Confederate headstone of his ancestor.

Posted by the Southern Historical Society and Sons of Confederate Veterans Egbert J. Jones Camp #357
 

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That only implies he was a 'free negro'. Under CSA regulations he could not volunteer, therefore he was a private contractor.
Yet, there he was. A free man, freely supporting the Confederacy. That makes him a Confederate in my opinion. Doesn't require any trigonometry to come up with my conclusion.
 

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@Andersonh1 ,@Viper21 @Tom,
So the essence of the argument in favor of black Confederate soldiers is that the majority of black males fought gallantly in the Confederate Army, the majority of black Southerners in turn supported the Confederacy and black people in the South loved the status quo of being enslaved.
Or is it that even if only one hundred or so documented examples of actual black Confederate soldiers or combatants exists that is the moral equivalency of 180k USCT troops so therefore the ACW had nothing to do with slavery but only greed from the blue bellies?
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@Andersonh1 ,@Viper21 @Tom,
So the essence of the argument in favor of black Confederate soldiers is that the majority of black males fought gallantly in the Confederate Army, the majority of black Southerners in turn supported the Confederacy and black people in the South loved the status quo of being enslaved.
Or is it that even if only one hundred or so documented examples of actual black Confederate soldiers or combatants exists that is the moral equivalency of 180k USCT troops so therefore the ACW had nothing to do with slavery but only greed from the blue bellies?
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I've corrected you often enough that you really should know better at this point. If you're serious about the topic, I'll be glad to discuss it. If not, then I'm done. I'm interesting in going where the evidence actually leads, not in making inflated claims. I can't be any plainer than that.
 

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I've corrected you often enough that you really should know better at this point. If you're serious about the topic, I'll be glad to discuss it. If not, then I'm done. I'm interesting in going where the evidence actually leads, not in making inflated claims. I can't be any plainer than that.
The actual documented evidence of black Confederate soldiers was maybe one platoon at Painsville that surrendered after firing at most three volleys. After that we have rare accounts of a slave picking up a musket and firing a shot in anger.
Yet the SCV claims at least thirteen thousand black Confederate soldiers "saw the elephant". Obviously the whole argument over black Confederate soldiers is a political argument to assert that the ACW was not fought over slavery because the vast majority of black Southerners loved being slaves and valiantly fought for the Confederacy.
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Yet, there he was. A free man, freely supporting the Confederacy. That makes him a Confederate in my opinion. Doesn't require any trigonometry to come up with my conclusion.
And if he did it for the money?
 

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And if he did it for the money?
  1. not an argument, nearly everybody providing any kind of servis gets paid (that may be different when potus is involved)
  2. what career chances were open to free blacks in the csa?
 

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http://southernfriedcommonsense.blogspot.com/2017/03/female-black-confederate-pensioner-of.html
Saturday, March 11, 2017

From left to right: SC Representative Bill Hixon, R-North Augusta; SC Senator Tom Young, Jr., R-Aiken; Toretha Corley-Wright, great-granddaughter; Linda Seawright, Robert L. Seawright, great-great-grandson; Dr. Walter B. Curry, Jr., great-great-great-grandson; Pastor Virgin Bynem of Harvest of Love Ministries in Salley, SC; SC Senator Nikki Setzler, D-Lexington; Authur Seawright, great-great-grandson; Brandon Seawright, great-great-great-grandson; and Alphonso Thompson, great-grandnephew.
(Photo courtesy of the Aiken Standard.)

Black Confederate Veterans themselves -- as previously mentioned on this blog -- are rare. Female veterans of the War Between The States on either side are even more so. An African-American female who served in a Confederate unit and was recognized as a veteran for the Southern armies, well folks, that is about as rare as it gets.

On Tuesday, February 21st, the South Carolina Senate and members of the SC Division Sons of Confederate Veterans (SC SCV) and SC United Daughters of the Confederacy (SC UDC) presented a resolution to the family of Lavinia Corley Thompson, of Salley, SC.

The South Carolina Divisions of The Sons and Daughters of Confederate Veterans supported the resolution along with the S.C. African-American Chamber of Commerce, he added. The Chamber's President Stephen Gilchrist also supported the resolution.

According to research conducted by the Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society, Corley Thompson is currently the only known female Black Confederate Veteran and "Pensioner of Color" in the State of South Carolina.

The resolution recognizing Thompson's service was presented to SC State Senator Nikki Setzler, D-Lexington by Dr. Walkter Curry of Columbia, Thompson's great-great-great-grandson who was conducting research on the woman he called "Grandma Viney." He said after learning more about her life, he and other family members found her story to be remarkable and also believed that Thompson's service deserved recognition.

He is correct on both counts.

Lavinia Thompson was born on June 3, 1844 to Robert Staley and Phillis Corley, according to information provided by the Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society.

Thompson served as a cook attached to one Sam Webb who was attached to Company A, 1st Regiment SC Reserves. Thompson served as the cook and possibly a forager for a unit of Co. A from September 1, 1863 till the end of the war in April 1865.

Even if her service was in camp, it could have been treacherous because of possible cannon fire coming from the other side. Such positions were sometimes just as much in the line of fire as if they were on the battlefield itself. She is believed to have possibly helped tend to wounded members of Company A and served as a nurse in the field hospital. Such duties were usual for those Black Confederates who were an integral part of many Confederate units throughout the War Between the States. Many of these even joined into battle along with their Confederate unit on occasions after picking up a fallen rifle. Some cooks and foragers were usually armed with pistols for hunting game for the stew pot.

There is no indication that Miss Thompson actually took up a fallen weapon against the Union, though the rest of her service as a cook and nurse would have qualified her for a Confederate pension after the war.

"We're actively collecting information about all of the African-Americans we can find that served in the war in any capacity, because we consider them to be Confederate veterans," said Tonya Guy of the Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society. "We have all these fabulous stories that come out of the war. It is an unsung part of our heritage that we would really like to explore and make known that these people are heroes in our eyes."

Although South Carolina provided a short-lived disability compensation in 1866 and pension relief for formally enlisted Confederate soldiers in 1887, the State did not recognize the service of African-American Confederate Veterans for a long time.

The legislation known as "An Act to Provide for the Pensions for certain faithful Negroes who were engaged in the service of the State in the War between the States" (Act 63)[1] was finally approved on March 16, 1923, nearly 58 years after the end of the war. By this time many many of these Black Confederates were long dead.

A year later in 1924, the act was amended to include only those South Carolina residents who served at least six months in a Confederate unit as "cooks, servants, or attendants" excluding laborers, teamsters, and those who served from other Southern States, and laborers impressed or hired for work on the fortifications. This disqualified a large number of applicants.

Remember that during the War, black laborers (both slaves and free men of color) were hired or impressed to build the fortifications around Charleston, South Carolina, and other strategically important places. Their service was just as dangerous as any done by Confederate soldiers (whites or otherwise) who stood in a line of battle as they were under constant bombardment from Union cannon fire at time. Many died preforming these services. Excluding them from being able to apply for pensions -- especially those wounded in action for this service -- was a disgrace, as well as an ugly sign of the times for African-Americans during that time period in South Carolina and American history.

Other former Confederate States, particularly the State of Tennessee, recognized the services of these Black Confederate Veterans and laborers and provided them compensation and pensions along with other Confederate Veterans after Reconstruction ended in 1876.

Still, several hundred of these former Black Confederate Veterans from South Carolina began to receive pensions and recognition for their services, including Miss Thompson -- a sharecropper at the time with ten children -- who applied for her pension in 1923 and was approved.


Confederate pension of Miss Lavinia Thompson.
(Photo courtesy of the SC Dept. of Archives.)


Thompson died at the age of 84 on June 4, 1928 in Aiken County, Tabernacle Township and was buried at an unmarked grave at Smyrna Baptist Church in the same community. There are currently efforts underway by the SC SCV and others to locate her burial site and to get a Confederate tombstone for her grave.


The grave of Rev. L.L. Thompson (1832-1901) husband of Confederate Veterans Livinia Corley Thompson. She is buried next to him her grave unmarked....for now.
The SC Division SCV and the Thompson family are working at present to get her a proper veteran's marker and Southern Cross of Honor.
(Photo courtesy of Miss Arlene Barnum)


Pictured back row, from left, are Pastor Virgil Bynem of Harvest of Love Ministries, Sailey, SC; Robert L. Seawright, great-grandson; Arthur L. Seawright, great-grandson; Reginal Miller, SC Division Sons of Confederate Veterans; and Brandon Seawright, great-great-great-grandson.
Pictured front row, from left, are SC Representative Bill Hixon, R-North Augusta; Toretha Corley-Wright, great-granddaughter; Ann Shugart, State President SC United Daughters of the Confederacy; Linda Seawright; Dr. Walter B. Curry Jr. great-great-great-grandson; Judy McCardle, 3rd VP SC Division UDC; Mary M. Bailey, registrar of the SC Division UDC; and Alphonso Thompson, great-grandnephew.
(Photo courtesy of the Aiken Standard.)

The services of Southern veterans like Lavinia Thompson and the thousands of other African-Americans who served in the Confederate military in service capacities -- and sometimes unofficially as soldiers -- deserve to be remembered honorably. The families of these men and women also deserve recognition as descendants of Confederate Veterans no different than any other.

Until recently the stories of African-Americans and their important contributions to American society as a whole had been largely overlooked. Since the late 1970s, the stories of these Black Confederate Veterans have slowly been coming to public and national light, where before they were known only to close-knit communities and on a local level.

This is why I am proud to call myself a member of the SC Sons of Confederate Veterans and a proud Confederate descendant. I am proud to be among those who understand today the old military motto: "No man get left behind." Nor should the memory of anyone who served honorably in defense of home and family ever be forgotten. To overlook one is to diminish the services of every one of these men and boys....and yes, women too.






The following is the resolution passed by the SC General Assembly formally recognizing the service of Miss Lavinia Thompson as a Confederate Veteran:


South Carolina General Assembly
122nd Session 2017-18
Senate Resolution S.329
Adopted January 31, 2017

TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR LAVINIA THOMPSON, AN AFRICAN AMERICA FEMALE CONFEDERATE VETERAN
Whereas, the finding of Lavinia Thompson, an African-American female Confederate Veteran, was a remarkable discovery, and Betsy R. Bloomer was extremely generous to share her research and bringing the story to light; and
Whereas, Lavinia Thompson was born June 3, 1844 in Aiken County, South Carolina, daughter to Robert Staley and Phyllis Corley. In the census data, her name was spelled a variety of different ways and, at times, was also shortened to a nickname, such as Viney or Elviny; and
Whereas, census date generally concludes that Lavinia married Logan, a farmer, and kept a household with him of ten children to include daughter, Dora; daughter, Della; daughter, Carey; son, Willie; son, Robert "Free"; and Oscar; son, Governor; and daughter, Queen; and
Whereas, after her husband died, Lavinia took on the role of farmer. Although she lived alone at this time, her sons, Governor, Robert "Free", and Oscar lived nearby with their families; and
Whereas, Lavinia Thompson served the State of South Carolina as a cook in the Civil War, under Sam Webb, who was in Co. A, 1st Regiment, South Carolina Reserves. She served continuously from September 1, 1863 to the end of the War in 1865; and
Whereas, Lavinia died at the venerable age of eighty-four on June 8, 1928 in Aiken County, Tabernacle Township and was buried in an unmarked grave at Smyrna Church. It is hoped that her final resting place will be found and a Confederate marker placed on it to mark where this remarkable and unique woman lies; and
Whereas, although Lavinia Thompson may not have taken up arms, her life was placed in jeopardy, and she suffered the same hardships as all of the soldiers. Her story and her life deserve commemoration. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate this 31st Day of January, 2017.



UPDATE: October 16, 2018

On Sunday, October 14th of this year, the Lt. Gen. Wade Hampton Camp #273 Sons of Confederate Veterans of Columbia, South Carolina honored Confederate Veteran Lavinia Corley Thompson with the dedication of a new military headstone in recognition for her service, and a ceremonial honor guard.

Well done compatriots!
 

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  1. not an argument, nearly everybody providing any kind of servis gets paid (that may be different when potus is involved)
  2. what career chances were open to free blacks in the csa?
The claim was 'free man, freely supporting the Confederacy' suggesting he served for 'the cause' because of belief, OTHO if he served as cook because the pay is good, then he 'supported the Confederacy' for pay.
 

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The claim was 'free man, freely supporting the Confederacy' suggesting he served for 'the cause' because of belief, OTHO if he served as cook because the pay is good, then he 'supported the Confederacy' for pay.
that, my learned friend, depends: if it is the only job he can get, i don't see much support, if he gives up a better paid job i see a lot of support. that was the reason for my #2
 

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that, my learned friend, depends: if it is the only job he can get, i don't see much support, if he gives up a better paid job i see a lot of support. that was the reason for my #2
I speculate that it was the only job he could get, his previous job was cooking turpentine.
 

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The claim was 'free man, freely supporting the Confederacy' suggesting he served for 'the cause' because of belief, OTHO if he served as cook because the pay is good, then he 'supported the Confederacy' for pay.
Or, by taking pay, he hoped for eventual Freedom. Too buy It.
 

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http://southernfriedcommonsense.blogspot.com/2017/03/female-black-confederate-pensioner-of.html
Saturday, March 11, 2017

From left to right: SC Representative Bill Hixon, R-North Augusta; SC Senator Tom Young, Jr., R-Aiken; Toretha Corley-Wright, great-granddaughter; Linda Seawright, Robert L. Seawright, great-great-grandson; Dr. Walter B. Curry, Jr., great-great-great-grandson; Pastor Virgin Bynem of Harvest of Love Ministries in Salley, SC; SC Senator Nikki Setzler, D-Lexington; Authur Seawright, great-great-grandson; Brandon Seawright, great-great-great-grandson; and Alphonso Thompson, great-grandnephew.
(Photo courtesy of the Aiken Standard.)

Black Confederate Veterans themselves -- as previously mentioned on this blog -- are rare. Female veterans of the War Between The States on either side are even more so. An African-American female who served in a Confederate unit and was recognized as a veteran for the Southern armies, well folks, that is about as rare as it gets.

On Tuesday, February 21st, the South Carolina Senate and members of the SC Division Sons of Confederate Veterans (SC SCV) and SC United Daughters of the Confederacy (SC UDC) presented a resolution to the family of Lavinia Corley Thompson, of Salley, SC.

The South Carolina Divisions of The Sons and Daughters of Confederate Veterans supported the resolution along with the S.C. African-American Chamber of Commerce, he added. The Chamber's President Stephen Gilchrist also supported the resolution.

According to research conducted by the Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society, Corley Thompson is currently the only known female Black Confederate Veteran and "Pensioner of Color" in the State of South Carolina.

The resolution recognizing Thompson's service was presented to SC State Senator Nikki Setzler, D-Lexington by Dr. Walkter Curry of Columbia, Thompson's great-great-great-grandson who was conducting research on the woman he called "Grandma Viney." He said after learning more about her life, he and other family members found her story to be remarkable and also believed that Thompson's service deserved recognition.

He is correct on both counts.

Lavinia Thompson was born on June 3, 1844 to Robert Staley and Phillis Corley, according to information provided by the Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society.

Thompson served as a cook attached to one Sam Webb who was attached to Company A, 1st Regiment SC Reserves. Thompson served as the cook and possibly a forager for a unit of Co. A from September 1, 1863 till the end of the war in April 1865.

Even if her service was in camp, it could have been treacherous because of possible cannon fire coming from the other side. Such positions were sometimes just as much in the line of fire as if they were on the battlefield itself. She is believed to have possibly helped tend to wounded members of Company A and served as a nurse in the field hospital. Such duties were usual for those Black Confederates who were an integral part of many Confederate units throughout the War Between the States. Many of these even joined into battle along with their Confederate unit on occasions after picking up a fallen rifle. Some cooks and foragers were usually armed with pistols for hunting game for the stew pot.

There is no indication that Miss Thompson actually took up a fallen weapon against the Union, though the rest of her service as a cook and nurse would have qualified her for a Confederate pension after the war.

"We're actively collecting information about all of the African-Americans we can find that served in the war in any capacity, because we consider them to be Confederate veterans," said Tonya Guy of the Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society. "We have all these fabulous stories that come out of the war. It is an unsung part of our heritage that we would really like to explore and make known that these people are heroes in our eyes."

Although South Carolina provided a short-lived disability compensation in 1866 and pension relief for formally enlisted Confederate soldiers in 1887, the State did not recognize the service of African-American Confederate Veterans for a long time.

The legislation known as "An Act to Provide for the Pensions for certain faithful Negroes who were engaged in the service of the State in the War between the States" (Act 63)[1] was finally approved on March 16, 1923, nearly 58 years after the end of the war. By this time many many of these Black Confederates were long dead.

A year later in 1924, the act was amended to include only those South Carolina residents who served at least six months in a Confederate unit as "cooks, servants, or attendants" excluding laborers, teamsters, and those who served from other Southern States, and laborers impressed or hired for work on the fortifications. This disqualified a large number of applicants.

Remember that during the War, black laborers (both slaves and free men of color) were hired or impressed to build the fortifications around Charleston, South Carolina, and other strategically important places. Their service was just as dangerous as any done by Confederate soldiers (whites or otherwise) who stood in a line of battle as they were under constant bombardment from Union cannon fire at time. Many died preforming these services. Excluding them from being able to apply for pensions -- especially those wounded in action for this service -- was a disgrace, as well as an ugly sign of the times for African-Americans during that time period in South Carolina and American history.

Other former Confederate States, particularly the State of Tennessee, recognized the services of these Black Confederate Veterans and laborers and provided them compensation and pensions along with other Confederate Veterans after Reconstruction ended in 1876.

Still, several hundred of these former Black Confederate Veterans from South Carolina began to receive pensions and recognition for their services, including Miss Thompson -- a sharecropper at the time with ten children -- who applied for her pension in 1923 and was approved.


Confederate pension of Miss Lavinia Thompson.
(Photo courtesy of the SC Dept. of Archives.)

Thompson died at the age of 84 on June 4, 1928 in Aiken County, Tabernacle Township and was buried at an unmarked grave at Smyrna Baptist Church in the same community. There are currently efforts underway by the SC SCV and others to locate her burial site and to get a Confederate tombstone for her grave.


The grave of Rev. L.L. Thompson (1832-1901) husband of Confederate Veterans Livinia Corley Thompson. She is buried next to him her grave unmarked....for now.
The SC Division SCV and the Thompson family are working at present to get her a proper veteran's marker and Southern Cross of Honor.
(Photo courtesy of Miss Arlene Barnum)


Pictured back row, from left, are Pastor Virgil Bynem of Harvest of Love Ministries, Sailey, SC; Robert L. Seawright, great-grandson; Arthur L. Seawright, great-grandson; Reginal Miller, SC Division Sons of Confederate Veterans; and Brandon Seawright, great-great-great-grandson.
Pictured front row, from left, are SC Representative Bill Hixon, R-North Augusta; Toretha Corley-Wright, great-granddaughter; Ann Shugart, State President SC United Daughters of the Confederacy; Linda Seawright; Dr. Walter B. Curry Jr. great-great-great-grandson; Judy McCardle, 3rd VP SC Division UDC; Mary M. Bailey, registrar of the SC Division UDC; and Alphonso Thompson, great-grandnephew.
(Photo courtesy of the Aiken Standard.)

The services of Southern veterans like Lavinia Thompson and the thousands of other African-Americans who served in the Confederate military in service capacities -- and sometimes unofficially as soldiers -- deserve to be remembered honorably. The families of these men and women also deserve recognition as descendants of Confederate Veterans no different than any other.

Until recently the stories of African-Americans and their important contributions to American society as a whole had been largely overlooked. Since the late 1970s, the stories of these Black Confederate Veterans have slowly been coming to public and national light, where before they were known only to close-knit communities and on a local level.

This is why I am proud to call myself a member of the SC Sons of Confederate Veterans and a proud Confederate descendant. I am proud to be among those who understand today the old military motto: "No man get left behind." Nor should the memory of anyone who served honorably in defense of home and family ever be forgotten. To overlook one is to diminish the services of every one of these men and boys....and yes, women too.






The following is the resolution passed by the SC General Assembly formally recognizing the service of Miss Lavinia Thompson as a Confederate Veteran:


South Carolina General Assembly
122nd Session 2017-18
Senate Resolution S.329
Adopted January 31, 2017


TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR LAVINIA THOMPSON, AN AFRICAN AMERICA FEMALE CONFEDERATE VETERAN
Whereas, the finding of Lavinia Thompson, an African-American female Confederate Veteran, was a remarkable discovery, and Betsy R. Bloomer was extremely generous to share her research and bringing the story to light; and
Whereas, Lavinia Thompson was born June 3, 1844 in Aiken County, South Carolina, daughter to Robert Staley and Phyllis Corley. In the census data, her name was spelled a variety of different ways and, at times, was also shortened to a nickname, such as Viney or Elviny; and
Whereas, census date generally concludes that Lavinia married Logan, a farmer, and kept a household with him of ten children to include daughter, Dora; daughter, Della; daughter, Carey; son, Willie; son, Robert "Free"; and Oscar; son, Governor; and daughter, Queen; and
Whereas, after her husband died, Lavinia took on the role of farmer. Although she lived alone at this time, her sons, Governor, Robert "Free", and Oscar lived nearby with their families; and
Whereas, Lavinia Thompson served the State of South Carolina as a cook in the Civil War, under Sam Webb, who was in Co. A, 1st Regiment, South Carolina Reserves. She served continuously from September 1, 1863 to the end of the War in 1865; and
Whereas, Lavinia died at the venerable age of eighty-four on June 8, 1928 in Aiken County, Tabernacle Township and was buried in an unmarked grave at Smyrna Church. It is hoped that her final resting place will be found and a Confederate marker placed on it to mark where this remarkable and unique woman lies; and
Whereas, although Lavinia Thompson may not have taken up arms, her life was placed in jeopardy, and she suffered the same hardships as all of the soldiers. Her story and her life deserve commemoration. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate this 31st Day of January, 2017.



UPDATE: October 16, 2018

On Sunday, October 14th of this year, the Lt. Gen. Wade Hampton Camp #273 Sons of Confederate Veterans of Columbia, South Carolina honored Confederate Veteran Lavinia Corley Thompson with the dedication of a new military headstone in recognition for her service, and a ceremonial honor guard.

Well done compatriots!
Not following the argument that being a cook for an army dedicated to preserving and expanding slavery is praiseworthy.
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Not following the argument that being a cook for an army dedicated to preserving and expanding slavery is praiseworthy.
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She wasn't a cook in such an army. She was a cook in an army fighting invasion and fighting for independence. If they didn't honor her then, we can do it now.
 

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She wasn't a cook in such an army. She was a cook in an army fighting invasion and fighting for independence. If they didn't honor her then, we can do it now.
Not at all true. The political motivations of the Confederacy were well by the Ordinances of Secession.
The Confederacy was never an internationally recognized nation.
If Southern whites were truly committed to racial equality because so many black soldiers fought in their ranks they had a funny way of showing it .
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She wasn't a cook in such an army. She was a cook in an army fighting invasion and fighting for independence. If they didn't honor her then, we can do it now.
That sounds a lot like a particular application of presentism.
 

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http://archive.independentmail.com/...-hero-wade-childs-ep-407911109-348342521.html
In spite of a temperature of 103 on June 30, the ladies of Anderson County United Daughters of the Confederacy chapters took part in the grave dedication of Wade Childs, the black man who served with Orr's Rifles in the Confederate military and gave heroic service at the Battle of Second Manassas.

Childs carried Capt. Cothran from the field of battle after he had been injured. Capt. Cothran was later Judge Cothran and related the story to his colleague Judge M.L. Bonham of Anderson. Judge Bonham gave a statement of support for Childs application for a Confederate pension, which was granted in 1923. After his death in 1928, Childs had laid in an unmarked grave until local historian Dr. Julia Barnes researched his burial and helped raise funds for a headstone.

Contributions from SCV and UDC members as well as Anderson County citizens provided the funds for the headstone at historic West View Cemetery.
 
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