"But such talk coming from such a source is destructive to the cause. Let it cease at once, in God's name, and in behalf of our common cause! It is paralizing [sic ] to every man here to hear it. It throws a pall over the hearts of the soldiers of this State to hear it. The soldiers of South Carolina will not fight beside a nigger -- to talk of emancipation is to disband our army. We are free men, and we chose to fight for ourselves -- we want no slaves to fight for us. Skulkers, money lenders, money makers, and blood-suckers, alone will tolerate the idea. It is the man who wont [sic ] fight himself, who wants his nigger to fight for him, and to take his place in the ranks. Put that man in the ranks. And do it at once. Control your armies -- put men of capacity in command, re-establish confidence -- enforce thorough discipline -- and there will be found men enough, brave men enough, to defeat a dozen Sherman's [sic ]. Falter and hack at the root of the Confederacy -- our institutions -- our civilization -- and you kill the cause as dead as a boiled crab."

Evidently those multiple thousands of Confederate Black fighting men we are told of, were fighting in disguise. Blonde wigs? Contact lenses? No, I don't think so. This article shows clearly that no one in the South Carolina government had any knowledge of Black combat troops. Surely they would have heard of them if there was such a large number as some are prone to believe AND TRY TO LEAD OTHERS TO BELIEVE.
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