Re: Virginia's Black Confederates
"You are correct about Sherman and Grant. Sherman in particular was adamant that no USCT units march with his army corps in Georgia or the Carolinas." Aside from Sherman's opinion on the fighting skills of black soldiers, would he have thought their presence would have complicated his relations with and treatment of the "Contrabands" who tried to attach themselves to his army? He did leave them behind at a river crossing, if memory serves. Stan