“his great-grandfather was a black slave ... who wound up serving as a Confederate soldier during the Civil War”
Paging the Atlanta History Center! I was there when they told a young black man from NOLA that blacks NEVER served in the Confederacy.
He was a descendant of a free black and had proof that his ancestor had served, but the AHC would not let him into the encampment. His story did not fit their PC agenda.
We had supper with him later that day at Johnny Rockets and he shared his family’s history and documents with our children.
AHC should be DEEPLY ashamed!! The bigots. (Not to be confused with the Begats!)
There were a few who did; blacks who served in the Civil War overwhelmingly chose to fight for the Union.