Jim,

This is another one of those posts that I am not sure if it should be posted here or not. This is about one family and only has a sentence or two of information. In order to help the lady wiith her request for information I will be posting the article to the SHAPE board. I'll leave it up to you to post here or not.

GP

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Due to the recent discussions about slaves serving in the Confederate Army etc. etc., I thought this article would shed a sliver of light on the subject. The thing I find most interesting is this Black Confederate (and others) was granted a pension. That is something I have never heard before.

Read the article at---

http://www.charlotte.com/union/story/211803.html

GP