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Re: One way or the other, not both

Your Comment about, "black Confederate service. Including the discussion of what made a soldier. Was it a rifle or could it have included a shovel or a frying pan?", brings to mind the comment of Captain Dickert's in his book, comments on the service of slaves in the Army of Northern Virginia. About how loyal they were. How they would travel with the army as they will. How they could come or leave as they would or needed to without passes. How they could fight, or not fight, as they chose. How they foraged and provided for not only their masters, but for others around those masters. And how almost to a fault, even in Maryland and Pennsylvania, he did not know of one case where a slave ran away.

It certainly is not the picture that one would get if he were to subscribe to the conventional thinking about slaves and their service in the Confederate army.

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Thank You Bryan *NM*
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AMEN *NM*
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GO LINDA !!! *NM*
Amen Linda Amen!!!! *NM*
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