Rare Video: Black Confederates and Confederate Reunion Compilation (The Civil War Diaries S4E7) 

Technically it was not a Civil War. It was a War Between States.

Agree 💯

👍 Amen to that. Honor to ALL of our veterans.

What lies?

A bit more proof that the Sad, Unnecessary and Unfortunate Civil War was Not over Slavery but States Rights and very possibly over another matter that's been kept quiet about and only known to the few at the top of the Leadership of both sides beyond the Military but those who Financed and Orchestrated the events that led to it and All those that followed it and continues to this day which is one if not the Most Important Secret since the building of the Great Pyramids allover the World not just those known of and their actual function and purpose.

​@@tonybarnes3858All of them.

​@@tonybarnes3858 Stupid people ask stupid questions!😂

This very video undermines your assessment. Time takes away reunions.

@mattmarzula Did you miss accounts of the trips WW2 veterans were making to Europe's great battlefields in their 80s and 90s?

Cameraderie...yeah, among whites.

Twisted how?

@@tonybarnes3858 fake history, rewriting history with a negative slant on the confederacy, left leaning and pro communist agenda, wokeness, victim shaming and the perpetual victim mentality and so on and so on.., I didn’t think I needed to explain my previous statement, where have you been

​@tonybarnes3858 well for starters men think they're women. I got amillion more just hate typing. Don't have time to argue with morons fr.

Stay tuned, pretty rare one coming on tonight’s episode!

I'm sure you can find accounts of any unchill moments accounted for on page 5 of the newspapers of that period.

Thanks Martin! Looking forward to sharing more in the future. Working on a new series now that I’m hoping to kick off shortly after this season of the CW Diaries ends.

Not my experience.. My grandfather was born in S.C. in 1900..Anyone who ever said the word yankee was told no such word-- its damn yankee.. His grandfather owed 250 acres of land (inherited from his ggg grandfather who came who to S.C. in1752).. His youngest brother wounded at ae18 at Gettysburg-- Mead Lincoln refused to accept wounded as POW (Sherman position was it was crazy to trade 1 condeferate for 1 union soldier as any confederate was worth 10 times more). His brothers lasted six weeks before dying(no medical treatment until the wounded reached hospital l in Richmond. By federal ceneus ha of farm animals are dead or stolen.. 1866 you know reconstruction brought 1000% increase in property taxes--enforced collection by union troops- so 150 areas lost in taxes-- he was murdered later that year.. His other brother returned to find most infracture `destroyed-- his land being taken by taxes he killed his family with an axe , burned everything on his land that would burn then killed himself. Their bother inlaws killed at Pittsburg Landing.. Their great great great uncle KIA at age 72 in The Wilderness.. Two ricest states in the Union in 1860 S.C ( gold mines, largest exporter of rice in the world, lumber including cypress, naval store- turpinetime spars rope dies as well as of course cotton and tobacco.. Funny longest producing gold mine is in S.C.-- you wreally think those boys in blue just dying to liberate slaves--very happy to liberate the Sioux Blackfoot Crow etc after doing such generous service.. and Mississippi somehow became poorest-- MS still poorest.. Probable forgot to mention in your history texts south was individed into miltary districts run by generals all of which because millionaires.. No hard feelings acourse they voted to elected 4 union general as presidents..

funny moderatores dont wish to remenber the federal trps killing the plains indians

1861 NY shipping publication position they had to invade the south-`- if they where free to trade port of Boston would shutdown from the competation-- NY would have grass growing in the streets.. they came to kill steal rape just as they did "settling" the west.

Met a gentlemen after he spoke at History club meeting. He remembered his grandfather being buried in his confederate uniform in the Kississimee AME cemetary complete with pointed headstone and flowers from daughters of the confederancy.

@@rickeargle Thank you for speaking up. You are telling the truth. I've heard similar stories from southern gents I was in the service with, many telling these truths via generations of family that experienced this. Most people ( generations ) couldn't give a damn. Still poking at the south as traitors. What's crazy is they're too stupid to know better. And what adds to that stupidness they show , is that the USA was formed on the very basis the Southern states iterated was the same rights they had. Only the Southern states had the law(s) written in our constitution that gave them the very rights to secede .The USA was formed on rebellion & seceding ,and for that matter, traitorous actions that would get any American shot or hung, if the British got their hands on them. They rose up against their covering, ruling body, the King & Queen, aka , Great Britain.This was a country that was ruled under British law, British courts, British troops had bases here (forts) they protected the common people & helped enforce British law(s). I could go on, and on. The "founding" fathers , who wrote our Constitution , included in that paperwork, a law , that pertained to any state had the right to withdraw or leave the formed Union if they were not treated justly, fairly, or were not satisfied by the Constitution, etc. ; as they knew from their experience the lateral affordability needed to keep from being oppressed. It's a great misdeed , sad, what the Southern states had to endure. This war could have been avoided. But the greedy people in the North ( and that includes Lincoln) would not have any of the Southern States seceding. The northerners were going to reap the benefits ; one way or the other. They were already raping the south unfairly, unjustly, of its resources, lining their pockets. The Southern states was going to enrich them , one way or another. I stated earlier, Lincoln & his cronies feared if the southern states succeeded with their seceding, that they would go after the open lands to the west, and claim those lands as part of their territory . Lincoln & his cronies weren't going to let that happen. The carpetbaggers, the greedy, the criminals, the scum of the north came south after the war was over, and plundered all they could get their hands. The government doesn't print this in their history books. They tell and fabricate lies.....all lies......and the generations ...all since the turn of the 20th century mostly; believe these lies, and pass those untruths to their children , and grandchildren, and great grandchildren, etc. Now to make things worse, they want to tear down , destroy everything , anything that relates to the South....They want to obliterate any infrastructure related to that war & the southerners. Shame on them ! Shame on anybody , organization, that wants to bury the truths of history.

Common sense and humility!

I think the last one to go was about 1958 or so.

@@BirdDogg1956

Yeah quite a few of them.

It's said the city of Cincinnati contributed more to the confederate war effort than did the entire state of Tennessee and I believe it. They didn't give a damn about the southern cause, just their money.

Nope. No debt. You suffer from mental slavery.

You are exactly right !

Yup, the big Plantation is the White House.

This country was started by the Masons and wealthy elite. I could talk for hrs on this but please watch one video titled Shadow Government. Jeykle Island in Georgia is where the Rockerfellers and others began the NWO AKA; the antichrist. These are the final days Jesus spoke of in Matthew 24 and the prophet Daniel spoke of. I have personally been studying Eschatology since 1983. Over 80% of biblical prophecy has already come to pass and the horses of the Apocalypse will soon be running strong in the 7yr tribulation that Gabriel spoke to the prophet Daniel which is 100% accurate. Please seek Jesus while he can be found!

The.big plantation is EXON and The NRA.​@@stevemathew5281

were you surprised ?

@@B126USMC nah it just isnt spoken of or taught in school.

@@geecheefarmer You got that right.....they don't want anyone to know the real truths

I’ve only gotten out about a dozen times in the last year or so, been so incredibly buried trying to get the new house going. Hopefully I can get back to it afore long.

* *scoffs at your order for their ever increasing humanistic distortions* *

Would you say the Scottish Rite infiltrating Masonry distorted and wrecked it from the time Gen. George Washinton identified with it which had formed by Adam Weishaupt in Bavaria in 1776?

Truly sad state of affairs.

I'm a Vietnam war combat veteran, never was a a parade for us. We were despised, hated, treated wrongly, so badly, we had to as soon as possible get out of our uniforms & into civilian clothes. We were metaphorically , left in the dark.

@@B126USMC sadly, patriotism is all but dead.

Agree !

The true history is already known......confederacy = slavery.......14 minute video, black soliders accounted for just the first 1.30 seconds.....The second black soldier said he did everything they told him to do, the third is an uncle tom saying he would have been a beast in africa and whites made him human by bringing his race to america, peak uncle tom-ism......over 99% of black southern men did not step foot on the battlefield....the few black confederate soldiers were mostly ignorant slaves, serving non battle roles, cleaning and cooking, tending to horses, only allowed to pick up arms at the very end of the war when the confederacy got desperate......and how were they rewarded for their service? by jim crow. The civil war was because the south wanted to protect slavery and preserve white supremacy, all the founding documents confirm this, all the compromises, commissioners, conventions confirm it was slavery. the confederate president, vice president, senators, governors, congressmen, state legislators, mayors, generals, supreme court justices, former presidents, in hundreds of thousands of words...enough to replace the new testament....more proof than of God's existence, confirmed it was slavery, they called the south "Slave holding states" or "Slave states".....and the north "Non-slaveholding states" or "free states" thousands of times.....all the senate farewell speeches confirm this fact. It's a tough pill for conservatives and gun-nuts to swallow and accept that america's biggest armed rebellion against the government was for a bad cause....this delusion is 10x worse and more divisive than the "gender dysphoria" they complain about daily....pathetic.

​@@greg7129How? Just go to any preserved Civil War battlefield and read as you walk around. There's so many books and studies on the subject. This is a ridiculous assertion born of ignorance.

@@mattmarzula What exactly are you going on about ?

@@mattmarzula So what you are saying is, if you do not believe the official story you are ignorant ? You have it basackwards. Same problem going on right now, too many believing the official story. Use your brain that the Most High gave you, then maybe you might understand. Speaking of books, there are many that refutes the official story but guess what, they are not popular. Now try and figure that out in a so called free country. No debates allowed, if you do not go along with the program you get an F. If you do not know the definitions of propaganda, indoctrination, which some call brainwashing, look them up. It has been going on since before you and I were born ......way before. The war of northern aggression enslaved everyone, did not free anyone. Peace and blessings

New, remastered video tomorrow and the following Wednesday of the very last survivors of the war!

This was sort of a mashup of numerous reunions, from Jacksonville to Gettysburg and from 1914 to 1938

Centralized gov't from DC was the goal.

Well... Don't pretend that the majority of what you're lamenting is largely due to Democrats. That's not exactly a "Union" thing. Also, how the hell are you suffering?

​@rt3box6tx74 and centralized government was the problem then and its a problem now!the only solace I take from it,is the lie that this country fought to end slavery and now that lie has become the battle cry for reparations and the rape of this countries wealth to appease those who believe they deserve more than they do and are willing to destroy the union and the country to get it!all for the narrative that lincoln freed the slaves because he detested slavery all the while only freeing the slaves because he was getting his ass kicked and needed more soldiers so he drug slaves into the war!

.......wide awakes........rolling in their graves........

‘xactly

EXACTLY......."THE GREATEST GENERATION"........

There was a mix at these reunions for sure

Historic fact

You heard the man I did what they told me to do regardless of what it was sounds like a soldier to me !!!!! Remember what Forrest Gump told the drill instructor to do what you tell me to do drill sergeant, sir !!!!!!!!

You heard the man I did what they told me to do regardless of what it was sounds like a soldier to me !!!!! Remember what Forrest Gump told the drill instructor to do what you tell me to do drill sergeant, sir !!!!!!!!

The first time I saw and heard HK Edgerton I bawled my eyes out. Sometimes I play my female card. Though I was only 8 yrs old thus didn't understand our connection I met descendents of people enslaved to my great great grandfather. There was love and kindness in their eyes. Through family connections maintained since before their freedom, they knew me. Those two ladies were beautiful people, living just down the street from three of my great aunts. I regret I wasn't old enough to understand who they were. Fifty yrs later in TX Slave Narratives I found a story of their forebear's journey from GA to Waco to live in houses nearby our family's new ranch HQ. GA was a nightmare in the post war era. An old man told the story of their rushed trip to TX when he was a little boy. They avoided towns, cold camped most nights and arrived with all the group intact in the Conestoga wagons they built from materials obtained by tearing down a barn. They were worried their wagons and provisions would be stolen - but made it without incident.

You have to understand how it can happen. Africans were among the British at Islandawana too.

What was a myth?

Honestly I don’t remember and haven’t researched the reunions in a while, the video has been here on my hard drive for years. I would assume it is from either the LOC or national archives based on my previous sources. If I remember correctly though it was from a Memphis reunion.

There were a lot more than people realized. To rope of the South they fought because they were invaded as they saw it. A lot of people couldn’t read & really were to busy for politics so they let the leaders take them to war. However when they were called they responded. God Bless them all North & South, we are all one people whether you like it or not

@@pracylopgonzer3176 When they said bodyguard they meant literally and figuratively. They were not only watching their back but would be responsible for ensuring the body got home if the soldier was killed.

@@BirdDogg I don't believe these guys were really Confederate soldiers, at least not in the officially enlisted sense. I think they were slaves taken to the war by their masters, they served loyally and provided vital support services to the enlisted soldiers and shared their hardships, and possibly got caught up in the fighting occasionally. Overtime a sense of camaraderie may have developed between them and the white soldiers, so in old age they were genuinely welcomed by Confederate veterans at the reunions.

@@HardscrabbleBlake1968 That’s the grey area of war, and what the channel focuses on largely with this series. They were accepted during the war or they wouldn’t have been there amongst the troops to begin with. Spies, traitors and deserters were a constant concern and so certainly only the most trusted men would have been brought along in the slave/owner dynamic. They were literally and figuratively their owners bodyguards, in camp, on the field, and if the soldier perished they would escort the body home., the epitome of loyalty. With that said while certainly not common, there were several instances of free, black men who were property and business owners in the south, who joined up and ultimately fought in the fray, additionally, there were several masters, who freed their slaves before they left for war, only to have the slaves follow them into combat. Each man finds his own way in life I suppose. I know we like to think we have progressed as a society, but seeing the way, all of these men interact versus the way, modern society, interacts with each other, leaves me with doubts.

Well that certainly not politically correct today !

He’s obviously “ not black” because he sure wouldn’t vote for Biden Lol

​@@pracylopgonzer3176But confederate voted Democrats 😂😂

Not all democrats were the same in the south. There were two Democratic conventions in 1860. When the question of continued slavery came up there weren't enough vote to keep slavery. The proslavers canceled and held another convention without the anti slaver democrats ​@hafizihilmibinabdulhalim1004

That’s why Lincoln won the democrats split the ticket with two running for the same ticket!!! That let Lincoln in the back door so to speak !!!!

Its helped with videos a lot and hasn’t hurt my collection value either 😂

Millennials? Union veterans in 1889 were already against CSA monuments. Nothing about Robert E. Lee should be honored. He was a cruel slave owner and led thousands of men to their deaths.

It’s starting again in Texas thanks to pig headed Sleepy Joe

The battle flags and confederate hero statues were financed and erected long after the war in order to re-state or reaffirm the slave-holding values of the antebellum south. The Klan ran amok, rights were denied. Re the Civil War and it's cause: THE HISTORY AND HUMAN BEINGS WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN, COME AND GO AS THE ARTIFACTS MAY. THE DENIAL WILL NEVER BE IGNORED.

You work and the government taxes those hard earned dollars. Then the money you have left, you spend on things for your life, and the government taxes that money once agin, and finally, if you I merit anything, the government wants a third tax (or more) on what's been paid & taxed already over & over again. Yeah, we're "free" alright; in the "sense" of the word. They've come along way over the centuries to use a more modern "under the surface "( so to say); keeping us "enslaved" to the system.....

They were "body servants", blacks were not allowed to enlist in the Confederate Army. They followed their masters into the army and did what they were told. They often served as cooks, teamsters and worked in the field hospitals. Some were given weapons and fought in battles. Sometimes they were given their freedom during the war and chose to stay with their master. If their master died, they would escort his body home.

obviously no one remembers anything that's the truth; however tell people lies, and they will remember

We all are slaves to this day

So treating some of the first leaders in black equality as equals was somehow pathetic? An interesting take.

I'd say you're obviously not very well educated...oh. I realize you're educated ; under the government system ......or just via "hear-say". Not competent enough to truly understand.The democrat lies have held you down. Hitler & Joseph Goebbels learned the American propaganda tricks so well themselves; they used it on the German people, Tell the lie(s) long enough, and the people will believe you. American ads, advertising , political elections ( where you get all that junk mail flooded upon you ) and the billboards , and sign in yards, the commercials on media types....it's all a form of propaganda. They "get" you. Now if the truth(s) were established & put out.....what would happen to those people? They'd respond the same way you have. The democrat ,liberal, leftist machine is powerful. They truly work their propaganda very well

That's right.......and that's the way they want it.......They've been altering history, changing history to fit their goals & narratives, or erasing history.......that should make people "wonder"

The original film has been stored at the library of Congress for more than 50 years…

Who is y’all? The last combatant of the civil war died more than 70 years ago. Do something constructive with your life.

Deliver a pizza... lol

Not the point here.....

The objective of erasing our history, tearing down statues, flags, not even teaching our true history, etc,. falls under....."If you don't learn from history, then history will repeat itself"