Even then they weren't treated fairly and few if any saw any combat. They were slaves in uniforms, they weren't even allowed to carry firearms, (probably a smart thing)

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Posted by Hater Bait

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Posted on 9/16/14 at 10:11 am to BIGDAB

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Even then they weren't treated fairly and few if any saw any combat. They were slaves in uniforms.

It probably wasn't until the Vietnam War that Blacks weren't treated to overwhelming racism. So, you can just let that argument go. The black men that fought for the CSA fought for their family and homeland. And yes, they fought for their fellow POOR white brothers that worked in the fields with them. Read a book man

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Posted by Ace Midnight

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Posted on 9/16/14 at 10:39 am to BIGDAB

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Even then they weren't treated fairly and few if any saw any combat.

The perfect is the enemy of the good. I'm not arguing for the Stars and Bars - that was the government of the Confederacy's flag. Good riddance. It the wrong solution to a terrible problem, anyway.

I'm talking about the warrior's flag - the flag under which the brave warriors of the lost cause fought - those same warriors that CMH winner Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain saluted at Appomattox.

ETA: I'm only 1 post from 30000 - I need to save that, BD. I'm not ignoring you.

National flags - the top one is commonly referred to as the "Stars and Bars" - then you have the later flags try to incorporate the battle flag in to the canton.

The Battle Flag of the ANV:

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