[LWalk18]

Its only the politically correct crowd that will tell us this isnt possible or that Ike was forced to follow his master and friend.

Slaves had to do what their masters told them to do under the threat of punishment or sale- do you really think Ike could have said "No, I rather stay behind" without consequences?

[dbehsman]

Slaves had to do what their masters told them to do under the threat of punishment or sale- do you really think Ike could have said "No, I rather stay behind" without consequences?

Don't you think it's kind of odd though that Ike would have attended so many Confederate reunions of his own free will?

[ThanhPhero]

But that is not the reality for very many of the blacks who served in the Confederate Army. Some, indeed went as slaves and some of the slaves transformed themselves on the battlefield. Many went to fight for their homeland against the foreigners invading. A few were offered freedom if hey joined and fought. Some slaves took up their masters’ guns when master was killed.