Dale Smith
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Bullshit. They served and served honorably.
This myth that blacks didn't serve is up there with the fairy tale that all the Dixiecrats became Republicans and that all Democrats became Republicans and Republicans became Democrat overnight sometime in the 60's.
There's a great deal of historical data available. No spin. Just truth. Pfffffffffft that no black men served openly. What a crock. Meet the first black Chaplain.
Louis Napoleon Nelson: The First Black Chaplain of the Civil War
When the 7th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment requested a chaplain, there were not enough clergymen to assign to every military unit in the Confederate States Army. Fortunately, there was a man called of God in their midst. Louis Napoleon Nelson was well versed in Scripture and traveled to war as the bodyguard of two Oldham brothers.
Answering the call, Louis Napoleon Nelson conducted a spiritual service for the soldiers. They so thoroughly enjoyed the sermons until the field officers appointed him as the honorary chaplain of the 7th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment during the Battle of Shiloh in April of 1862.
How could this be? How could Confederate field officers assign an African-American as their regimental chaplain? This was indeed possible because President Jefferson Davis delegated the appointment of chaplains to Confederate States Army field commanders.
Also, Confederate States Army chaplains did not have a formal title. As an example, some chaplains were called Brother, Father or Reverend. During this period in American history either South or North , African-American men were not addressed as “Mr./Mister”. Therefore, the common title for African-American men who were held in high regard was “uncle.” Therefore, the troopers of the 7th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment affectionately called Louis Napoleon Nelson, “Uncle Louis.”
After several revival services, word spread throughout the camp. On September 10, 1863, a correspondent for the Religious Herald wrote, “Uncle Louis is heard with respectful attention, and for earnestness, zeal and sincerity, can be surpassed by none.”
Also in September of 1863, Henry McNeal Turner, pastor of Israel AME Church (Washington D.C) became the first Union African-American chaplain of the 1st United States Colored Troops (USTC).
Thus Confederate Chaplain Louis Napoleon Nelson is noted in history as the first black military chaplain with white parishioners during the American Civil War.
Louis Napoleon Nelson: The First Black Chaplain Of The Civil War
Blah. Not bullshit. You believe fiction.
But alas, the statute of Albert Pike remains prominently displayed in the corporate head quarters of USA.INC which is the city/state of the District of Columbia with nary a peep from civil right activists........why is that?????
Remove the Albert Pike Statue Rally in Washington D.C. (August 18, 2017)
Red Paint Thrown on DC Statue of Confederate General
Someone has thrown red paint on a statue that honors a Confederate general in Washington, D.C.
Protesters gathered about 5 p.m. at the statue for Albert Pike, which stands near D.C. police headquarters at 3rd and D streets NW. Toward the end of the protest, someone threw red paint on the statue.
U.S. Park Police are investigating the vandalism.
The statue was erected by Scottish Rite Free Masons to mark Pike's 32 years of leadership of its southern jurisdiction. One panel at the base of the statue mentions Pike's role as brigadier general of the Confederate Army during the Civil War, WTOP reports.
Demonstrators and some D.C. leaders have said Pike was a racist and supported slavery.
Friday morning, a banner was draped against the statue with the message "#ModernConfederates John Kelly. Gary Cohn. Rex Tillerson."
D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton said she plans to meet with the National Park Service to discuss removing the statue.
Red Paint Thrown on DC Statue of Confederate General
Scottish Rite NMJ to Fund Removal of Albert Pike Memorial
Lexington, MA—A spokesman from the Education Committee of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Northern Masonic Jurisdiction announced today their commitment to a progressive society, one without the oppression and constant reminders of the Civil War. In a statement from Mike Blaterhorn, “The NMJ has for years strived to rid the Scottish Rite of the stigma and hard to understand rhetoric of Albert Pike. His old antiquated ideas and exaggerated, brainy commentary on degrees are boring and with the current situation in the country, the time has come to strike.”
Scottish Rite NMJ to Fund Removal of Albert Pike Memorial ~ The Past Bastard
I think the opposition to the confederacy is well documented.
But alas, there it remains and the lamestream media doesn't report on it....and it never will and so shall it remain and for reasons I doubt that you could even fathom.
But alas your ass is talking shit. Shit that has been shown not to be so.
Nope, not talking shit at all.......the lamestream media was all OVER the Virginia battle flag back in July of 2015....Albert Pike's statute prominently displayed in Washington, DC? Eh, not so much. I am pissed about it and you should be as well. Had I not brought it up? You would have never known...........
