Union County, N.C., Historic Preservation Commission voted unanimously Thursday to approve a plan for a privately-funded marker to honor 10 black men, nine of whom were slaves, who eventually received small state pensions for their Civil War service in the Confederate Army.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/06/06/3299495/union-board-approves-confederate.html

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David Upton