[varina davis]

"Those who say blacks fought for the South should look at Confederate documents, which ban blacks serving as regular members of the Army. They also need to look at records showing that those who did serve deserted when they got the chance. "

Well now, we can't argue with the records now, can we?

Well, yes, we can. After more than decade of intense genealogical research of my Southern Georgia ancestors, it's pretty evident that thousands of CSA soldiers were people of (some) color. The Creek, Cherokee and other Indian cultures were prevalent in deep south states and intermarriages were much more common than most people realize. Add the Melungeon theories to that and you get quite a mix, from "Brass Ankles to Redbones."

In addition, all the "records" that are so often cited, are very often suspect, since record keeping was not the prime objective during those bloody years and it is even likely many records were politically "cooked."

It is always refreshng to see and hear Nelson Winbush give his presentation of support for Confederate heritage and extoll the valor of his black ancestor, who was with a North Carolina cavalry unit.

A retired teacher and a lifetime member of the SCV, Winbush minces no words in his disregard for yankee revisionist history.

[Twodees]

Ma'am, regardless of whether or not records have been cooked, it's a solid fact that most surviving CSA records were seized by the union army and we have only the assurances of bureaucrats that what has been released by them to historians is all that exists.

[Non-Sequitur]

Nelson Winbush, who fondly recalls his grandfather, Mr. Nelson, and his war tales. "He used to say the Yankees were the dumbest damned people you've ever seen," Mr. Winbush says, telling a story about Union men marcbing straight at rebel guns.

I wonder what Mr. Nelson thought of Pickett and his men?