RIP Henry dad brown! This is an amazing story!, it really is, it is a shame more of this is not shown in our public schools🤦🏾♂️. I never knew about this man, so glad I found this channel! Keep up the great work sir! 🤙🏾🙏🏽
If he was truly special, the confederacy would have put up statues of him and honored him and black confederate veterans as well.......but they didn't. The exception doesn't make the rule...the confederacy was fighting for slavery.
@@kninezbanksyes and u would be surprised to find out how many free and enslaved blacks agreed with slavery. Even when they were free some slaves would not leave
I am a public school teacher and I will tell my students about him. Why wouldn’t I? I am not going to hide history. Henry Dad Brown is strange and interesting history, that deserves to be remembered.
@@idealiamcadory3769 "how many free and enslaved blacks agreed with slavery".......and you would be surprised at how many didn't agree with it.....the overwhelming majority.....the problem is it was forced on millions, those that agreed and those that didn't.....and for many slaves, it was the only life they ever knew.......Again, the exception does not make the rule. Over 170,000 blacks fought for the union, compared to less than 5000 for the confederacy, even though they had most of the black population within their borders......The south fought to gain the sovereignty to continue practicing and spreading slavery.
Only 6 months before my Dad’s passing in 1993, he told me about Aunt Cloe who was a slave in our family in North Carolina, he was embarrassed that he had never mentioned her before. Aunt Cloe was my gr-grandfather’s’wet nurse’ . She nursed my ancestor until he was almost 3. Her family never left the farm during the War & she outlived 2 husbands and all of her children, passing away the very year my parents were married in 1937 at age 105. She is buried in our family cemetery, loved till the last by her white family.
@@peterlyons8793 I wrote a lengthy answer to you but it went into the ‘ether’ of space I fear. To summarize, I was a reenactor in a Confederate Brigade and had the privilege of meeting 13 or 14 descendants of Confederate soldiers and some slaves at the 135th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. Some were white as me, some were brown & some were black. They were the descendants of those Confederates who left the destruction of the South, some with slaves, and settled in Brazil. All wore Confederate gray! The spoke very little English, but in camp they sang DIXIE with a Southern drawl! Eugene Harter, one of those Confederate descendants and whose Father was Ambassador to the US from Brazil; wrote a book ‘Confederates in Brazil’ CONFEDERADOS. I had the opportunity to speak with him more than 25 years ago. He said by 1900, the former slaves and those Confederates had intermarried and the color line had disappeared. The humanity of slaves was never the question in the US-they were legal property under our Constitution, by today’s social mores it is hard to comprehend this fact. But the South did not invent slavery and the North exacted their pound of flesh when slaves crossed thei docks. Little Rhode Island managed to be a port of entry for over 100,000 slaves -the Wolf family there got very rich!
Don't you love these less educated left that WON'T see the truth even when it smacks them in the face? There were black Confederates through out the war because they too wanted to fight for the South. And it WASN'T because of needing more men.
The last Confederate general to surrender after Lee was a Cherokee slave owner- Stand Watie was his name. He patrolled the Indian territories,later in life helped to tabulate his people's history. The Outlaw Josey Wales movie had a Cherokee playing opposite of Wales named Lone Watie,think ole Clint Eastwood was paying homage to him.
@@mackmckinney5206 well maybe at first, but he secured his freedom and quickly became an entrepreneur. Prior to becoming a drummer/soldier. Plus the takeaway point here is that he was a beloved member of his community and promoted human caring etc.
@@dalemoss4684 that he was loved might be a decent person like you's takeaway but die hard slavery supporters use it to create this myth, that slavery was not so bad. Its all a part of the lost cause scam orchestrated by the KKK through the Sons of the Confederacy and the Daughters of the Confederacy.
@@mackmckinney5206 Did you even watch the video or you just one of them loud mouths that refused to believe that maybe history was not as black as white as the mainstream media would have you to believe
@@mackmckinney5206 wow what a negative take on the life of this man. You seem to be hoping that he was a slave for political reasons. Very pathetic and shows you don't truly care about slaves, but the political gains you can use against your political opposition to oppose shame and guilt. This is why nobody takes the "woke" crowd seriously!!
I am an old man now but in my lifetime I have known two old slave women who were still living in the late 50's and early 60's that told a much different story of life in the old South than what you will hear today. I know a lot about the war and I can tell you there were hundreds of slaves who remained true to the South and fought with the Confederate soldiers. Don't believe any of the modern lies passed out by the ignorant know-nothings. Bruce Howard of Mississippi
Thousands of slaves were used by the insurrectionist armies to dig and fortify. They were NEVER supposed to be issued muskets. The White CSA troops were not expected to do this "N word" work. Surviving CSA commissary records tell the truth. And they also suggest that corruption was extensive particularly thru 1862, and that confederate troops, (app. half forcibly conscripted,) were fed on half the rations of USA troops. The majority of Southern slavers, businessmen, and educated white men held exemptions by confederate law. If you have some special documentary evidence of hundreds of slaves who "fought" for the insurrection, please share it, . . . without the name calling please. FACTS MATTER
And around 180,000 fought for the North, I'm sure 10's of free blacks fought for the south. But this video while interesting, doesn't change the fact that the south was fighting to maintain slavery, and the north freed the slaves.
@@markschneider3915 So..., not so! "History is written by the victor. " Napoleon Bonaparte I will leave it to you to look deeper than the propaganda taught in publik skool or..., not. Veritas vos Liberatus
@@guidototh6091 Sir, if you will take the time to look you will find that 70 percent of the emancipation groups were southern. By the late 1850s the machine age had begun in earnest and slave holding had become comparatively expensive. Coupled with the Calvinistic notion that all men are created equal there was strong desire in the south to rid itself of the detestable institution prior to the war. The war just decided that there would be a monopoly on centralized power in DC instead of decentralized power of the Jeffersonian era. Slavery was not ended until the ratification of the 14th amendment. Ulysses Grant kept his slaves until the 14th. Robert Lee appalled by the institution of slavery freed his much earlier. We are all in my opinion now suffering from the centralization that occurred after the war. Look deeper into history. Have a great day and God bless.
@@markschneider3915 in the words of greta thunberg, "blah, blah, blah." Of course the South wanted to protect slavery. It was the center of their economy, duh! They also did not think it wise to turn loose millions of people out into the street who did not have the training or means to care for themselves. But there was also a multitude of OTHER reasons they chose to seceed. Reasons we are grappling with today as a matter of fact. No war, not one, has ever been fought for just one reason. Trying to judge the past by today's standard's simply does not work.
This was very well put together. I appreciate you bringing this history forward. Especially since so many are trying to erase it. Definitely won over a new subscriber.
I've read that the Black Cavalry that was Nathan Bedford Forrest's personal body guard was a bunch that you didn't want riding down upon you if you were a Union soldier!
I've heard that as well! Also heard that Forrest reportedly said that he wasn't worried if he had a horse shot out from under him (something which happened several times) because "my Black boys will have my back." Salutations, Henry, and to all Confederates, White and Black.
@@guidototh6453 A site called "Black Confederates" said otherwise -- so of course, it's disappeared. It included a letter written by a Black Union chaplain, on behalf of numerous Black soldiers, complaining of their treatment in the Union army. If memory serves, that site stated there were about 65,000 Blacks in the Confederate forces, a great many bearing arms. Not as impressive a number as 200,000, but still a considerable "handful." After the war, many went on to aid the various resistance groups opposing the so-called "Reconstruction."
Nelson Bushrod, an African American, had an ancestor who rode with Forrest. I had the opportunity to meet him at a reenactment. When Congress called Forrest before a tribunal after the war, Sherman said, “ we came here to try Forrest & hang Forrest “ They were surprised when a captured black Union soldier testified on Forrests behalf, he was exonerated. Forrest testified he knew the war was lost after the fall of Vicksburg in1863. He called his 43 Boys ( slaves- he always called them his ‘BOYS’) together and told them he was writing their papers of freedom. He said they would be free anyway when the war ended but if he got killed he didn’t know what would happen to them. 41 stayed with him and he said, “Better Confederates never rode” After the war, 24 stayed with him through thick & thin-all they way till his death.
Thanks Lanet, I am working on finding a logical way to share all of my interests without scaring off all the folks just here for history. I will likely start another channel for all my other interests soon. I’ll keep you posted
There is evidence an example is holt Collier of Mississippi. During the war he enlisted in company I of the 9th Texas dismounted Cavalry regiment and during the war he was wounded many times and earned the respect of his comrades. After the war he became friend's and hunting buddies with Teddy Roosevelt
He didn’t enlist. That’s a cover story obscuring the reality that he was brought to war by his master, as a camp slave. And there’s no way to defend the good name of the Confederate soldier by lying about history. Considering the sacrifices of the Confederate soldier for honor anyone telling lies in his name should be ashamed.
@@thesouthernhistorian4153 I don’t believe that you’re really so naïve as to take for granted the truth of what someone says when there is a reason to doubt it, such as documentary evidence to the contrary and the desire to tell whites what he thinks they might want to hear after the war. But if I’m wrong and you’re simply self-deluded, know that you’re never going to be able to defend the south by making up stories that no objective observer will believe. I’m a descendent of at least 30 Confederate soldiers several of whom died for the south and I owe it to them not to make a mockery of the cause that they fought for with these ridiculous stories. Our people wrote the Declaration of Independence and the constitution as a compact between sovereign states. We don’t need to make up stories about Phantom black confederate combat troops to make it seem as if the south was 100 years ahead of its time in race relations when no one really was at the time. By doing so we’re soiling the honor of the south and failing utterly to defend the good name of the confederate soldier.
As a former History teacher I can tell you that black soldiers DID serve in the Confederate Army in numbers that make the historical revisionist VERY uncomfortable!! To the individual who wrote that this is just myth may I say you REALLY need to do some research-and I don't mean Google!! I have in my library a volume titled, "Under Both Flags" which was written in the late 1890's I think. It is a compilation of interviews of Southern & Northern soldiers/officers and blacks who fought for both sides. Yes, black soldiers fought for the South and many were proud to do so. This volume-and others I have in my library dismantle the myths taught in our public schools & repeated on social media.
Are you familiar with James McPherson? Someone at the 150th Gettysburg commemoration Q&A asked him about black Confederates. He dismissed it as not even worth the time it would take to respond. If there were significant numbers, where are the Union accounts of them? Why did some Confederate leaders in 1864/65, even in that desperate time, say enlisting black men would go against the principles of the rebellion? Why did it take until right before the end for the Confederate government to approve enlistment of black men? I have an MA in history from Wisconsin. It is in European history, but I know something about reading and learning history. I have studied mostly Civil War history for the last 20 years.
@@kennethmoles4643 My great-great grandfathers were Confederate soldiers at Antietam, The Wilderness, Fredericksburg, and Petersburg. Not at Gettysburg because the 44th NC was detached to guard rail lines. The other was in the 46th NC. I remember all soldiers, but my ancestors fought for a bad cause. That said, I have no idea why they enlisted - what their individual motivations were. I do know neither was drafted. I also have no illusions that most Union soldiers cared that much about slavery, especially early on.
@@danwoodliefphotography871 fought for a bad cause? If you're a supporter of authoritarian regimes or communist, that makes sense. The "muh slaves" or "just cause" narrative is organic equestrian fertilizer. My family fought for the Confederacy and in the Revolutionary war, the latter being over tea (sarcasm). The War Between the States was Jeffersonian doctrine vs. Hamiltonian views of government . Period.
@@danwoodliefphotography871 Someone said he said??? Yeah ok, now there's an authority!!! Some blacks were in front line duty, some in rear echelon duties. Were they in massive numbers? No. But the fact can't be ignored the Confederate army was more diverse than the Union percentage wise. Whole regiments of Hispanics, Colonel Santos Benavides being one of the most popular. Cherokee Indians and other tribes were also enlisted, Stand Watie being a general commander and the more famous of those. Whole companies of Creoles and Tejanos served in famous units like the Louisiana Fighting Tigers. Free blacks, mallotos served, mostly in home gaurd units. The fake veneer that the union was some pro multiculti, righteous cause army of diversity , fighting for freedom is prolepsis, if at all.
@@cowbeanboi412 I think you need to research exactly what the Civil war was about. Lincoln was Not a great President The Confederatecy was formed after Lincoln refused to recognize States Rights as written in the Constitution. It had nothing to do with slavery until the middle of War ,
@@cowbeanboi412 No but , the order of the chain of events that led to the secession of the South is really important to understanding that the people joined the military at that time were not anti American, but Patriots fighting for what they believed to be their Constitutional Rights. No matter which side they fought on ,they were American Patriots.
Just got done reading the book by Sam Watkins he started the Civil War in man power his unit started with 3,500 people at the end only 65 men made it through if you want to read how bad the Confederate army had it read this book!
Well last week I was about to conclude (after reading an internet comment )that after all no blacks were in the Confederate army , but this account of a black man who served and was even well liked by both black and white cannot be denied.
The confederate was started by blacks....The American Indians were black. Aka Aboriginals. As time progress. The real truth that was hidden is coming out
Really??? Shake a black man’s hand 🤚, “His” Country - He was brought to a stolen land. I’m confused. “His” country????????? Not even “Your” Country 🤦🏽♂️
@@michaeljordan8544 you have absolutely 0 understanding of how the world operated before your life of luxuries granted to you by those who came before you. Wow!
The South seceded and fought over slavery. The North fought to keep the country together. Slavery was ancillary to that until the Emancipation Proclamation was announced. And one of the big reasons it was announced was to keep European powers from supporting the South. Black confederates existed, but not as soldiers. They were cooks, pitched tents, gathered firewood, etc. There was a black company in New Orleans, but they saw no action, were part of the aristocracy anyway, and immediately surrendered after the navy took the city.
@@AmericanMilitaryHistory "The new Constitution has put at rest forever all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institutions-African slavery as it exists among us-the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present revolution." - Alexander Stephens, Vice President of the Confederate States of America I think the vice president of the Confederate states of America makes it abundantly clear that African Slavery was the reason for their "present revolution" or you know, the American Civil War
@@confederatetearsaredelicious "As for my Savanna speech, about which so much has been said and in regard to which I am represented as setting forth "slavery" as the "Corner-Stone" of the Confederacy, it is proper for me to state the speech was extemporaneous. The reporters notes, which were imperfect, were *hastily* corrected by me, and were published without further revision and with several glaring errors" -Stephen's
@@guidototh6091 There we're over 10,000 black confederates in service. That's not a few. The South was almost always outnumbered in battle. That's why so many Yankees died.
@@bigminks364 I believe that it became a majority anti-slavery war when the north started losing bad and was running out of money and men to fight; "anti-slavery" was used to combat/reverse three points. Lincoln's initial and main objective was to keep the states together as one nation, no?
@@bigminks364 Yep, to all of that, especially the north demanding that the south sell them raw goods for less than Britain/Europe were paying for them. Similar to today the north tried everything in the book - every scheme/law/tariff/order/the courts. It truly was the war of northern aggression, started before any declaration of secession and continued on for many decades after the war. To say that the north was vindictive would be "going easy on them". I'm not a southerner but I am a huge believer in the "doctrine" state's rights and am solidly anti-slavery. What is acceptable in any and all societies is fluid and no history should be judged entirely on current standards. I try to ask questions to get people to think and to spur them on to explain why they believe what they are saying. ;) Personal rights without personal responsibility leads to failure of both.
Also need to research a man named Louis Napoleon Nelson. He was a black man that served under Nathan Bedford Forrest. He had the whole Bible memorized so Forrest appointed him to be a chaplain. As far as I know, that is the highest rank of any black man on either side. Nelson served in several battles including Shiloh. After the war, he said that he was the only black Democrat in TN and it was because of the kindness that Forrest showed him. After the war, Forrest was asked about the black troops that served under him and he said: “I never knew a finer group of Confederates”.
No Black Regiment ever saw battle for the Confederate, the Confederate didn't even try to enlist Black Soldiers until it was evident they were going to Lose and desperation set in, but No Regiment ever saw battle.
@@carlylewoodard269 Both of the armies were segregated. Black "soldiers" were frequently just slaves brought around for camp duties, while those freed men who were actually allowed to fight were segregated to their own Regiments. Though, like Curtis said, none of these ever saw action and they frequently deserted.
@@carlylewoodard269 Levi was a fucking slave. He wasn't a Confederate soldier and instead was just forced to accompany his master, Hogan, into the war, and continued to serve as a camp slave for the entirety of it. Stop trying to make some fucked up narrative that doesn't exist.
Its incredible that he joined so early in the war, and actually survived the long list of bloody campaigns in which he participated. The odds were not good. I'm glad he did. I'm grateful for his service, and brotherhood. I'm glad you put his story out here as well... too many have been forgotten or had their service effectively erased to cover the crimes and lies of a tyrannical government waging war on its own people for money and power. I was raised a proud Southerner, and proud American. I was taught that all men are created equal, but their actions in life will determine whether that value rises or falls. I never was a "The South will rise again" type, because I was proud of the nation we became (in spite of the crimes of our government). However, considering the tyranny we live under today, I'm starting to think maybe the South ain't seen the end of resisting tyranny just yet. Deo Vindice!
Let’s say he volunteered. He was given a drum not a gun. He wasn’t a musician. He was a bricklayer but they gave him a drum instead of a gun bc he was a black man. Not until near end of war did bc Confederacy was losing badly did they consider allowing black men to fight. They had resisted bc it undermined their claim that slavery was the natural condition of black people. In the end much nothing became of it. You’d have to ask why was this black man considered brave by white ppl and beloved by them at time in SC when black ppl where being exploited, lynched, purged from white towns, discriminated against by white southerners. The answer is he kept his head down and acted in a way that didn’t challenge white ppl’s power over black ppl.
What I did not realize is that the reason that drums and bugles are used by armies because it is a way of communicating in battle. It makes sense because verbal orders could not always be heard. Also that a coroner, an elected position, was not necessarily a doctor.
"You cannot make soldiers of slaves, or slaves of soldiers. The day you make a soldier of them is the beginning of the end of the Revolution. And if slaves seem good soldiers, then our whole theory of slavery is wrong." - Howell Cobb, Major-General CSA.
Dude Henry Brown Wasn't a Slave He Was a Soilder🤦🏾♂️Plus He Purchased His Freedom Before The War So He Definitely Wasn't a Slave And The War Wasn't About Slavery Y'all Call Stuff Like This Lost Cause Or Myth But I Say It's True History
@@brucebostick2521 at least it's known That a black Confederate soilder Dropped 3 Union Whites In One Night😂 Enslaved Or Free The Blacks Fought Wit Southern Pride Underneath the Confederate flag
@@brucebostick2521 dummy 🤦🏾♂️again the war wasn't about Slavery how do you sound the Historians and the media be telling you idiots false history I can send you a link that shows you that there's a black Confederate soilders monument in Mississippi and Slavery? Dude there were black slavers in the north and south and not every black were enslaved in the south I'm black and I'm telling you this
@@brucebostick2521 And fyi the Emancipation Proclamation didn't free a slave that was just to allow blacks to serve as soilders in the union army plus slavery ended in Maryland a union state in 1864 a year or two after Abraham Lincoln passed it
The discussion of recruiting slaves into the Southern military begin in December 1963 when Major General Patrick Cleburne made that suggestion to his fellow officers. Despite general Cleburne's well reasoned arguments (available online) as to the necessity of raising slave soldiers, his suggestion not only fell on deaf ears, he was advised by his commanding general to destroy all copies of his analysis. But, by1864, it was clear that the South could not meet its military manpower needs based solely on the availability of white men of military age. Thus, Cleburne's suggestion came back up, but by this time President Davis had reached a point where he would support such a measure, especially as it was also supported by General Lee. Both Lee and Cleburne thought that slaves would need to be emancipated before they would become committed soldiers for the South. Otherwise why not just cross over to Yankee lines and immediately be free? The Southern body politic was not ready to except such blunt reality. It wasn't until March of 1865 that the Confederate Congress passed legislation authorizing slaves to join the Confederate army; however, it would require the slave owner's consent and the new law did not include emancipation. But, under Confederate General Order Number 14, slaves would not be accepted into the military unless with his own consent, and with the approval of his master, and must also given the rights of a freedman. March was woefully late for black enlistment to have any real impact the outcome of the Rebellion, although two companies were formed. (I have read accounts that these soldiers saw combat, and some accounts that say they didn't, does anybody know?) The passage of legislation allowing slaves to become soldiers and freemen essentially tore the heart out of the confederate experiment as a slave-owning republic. As Howell Cobb of Georgia wrote “if slaves will make good soldiers, our whole theory of slavery is wrong.” For the CSA to move from a master/slave relationship to accepting free blacks willing to fight for Southern Independence was a classic case of too little, too late as fighting effectively ended on April 9th with the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia. This is not to say that there was not slaves who went to war with their masters and who might well have picked up a musket, or would wear the Confederate uniform. There also were many blacks in noncombatant roles (cooks, mule skinners, etc).
@@brucebostick2521 Pretty much… And it’s as if my countrymen in the south have laid a trap for themselves by pushing this nonsense about black confederates, thereby making the whole southern cause into a farce and helping northern apologists who claim that even states rights and defense of home were nothing but a pretext for slavery. This throws away the opportunity we should’ve had point out that one of our own James Madison described the constitution that he wrote as a compact between sovereign states which retained the ability to overrule the federal government if it overstepped the powers that the states had delegated to it. Those who really want to defend the south should acknowledge that slavery was the foundation of the southern economy had a great tragedy. Only then can we defend the rights of the states again.
Thanks for this video I get tired of people acting like Black Confederates didn’t exist are assume because you mention that black Confederates exist that I support slavery, also can you start back uploading more videos because this was a very well put together video
Confederate Major General Pat Cleburne, born in Ireland and one of the very best generals the south had, wrote a long open letter to the confederate military urging the emancipation of all the slaves in exchange for drafting them into the southern army.
@@brucebostick2521 I've already read it and you say it's a well researched/historically accurate (sic) document? SMH. The conclusions are based largely on the personal biases of the author. Godwin's Law is the laziest exposition for debating history.
@@brucebostick2521 LOL I see, you're a self-hater then? Well as someone who STILL thinks highly of Lee and the men who served under him, and who did have an ancestor who served under him, let me clue you in on a few details. National Socialism (aka Nazism) is based on an ideal that the STATE is all-powerful and should be ruled by a single man with god-like power. The Confederate States were a group of sovereign individual state governments and a weak federal power (Richmond) that believed strongly that federal control was the servant of the States and not the other way around. Simply put, the two ideologies are NOT comparable at all, and are in fact as different as night and day. Lee and Davis would have thought of Hitler as the antichrist. Yet your only point of comparison is the say that because both governments believed in racial superiority is a weak one given that most major European powers at the time (especially Great Britain) also shared the belief in the alleged superiority of the white race. Face if, if the Confederates were the same as Nazis, then so were the British, French, Dutch, Germans, ect. And I don't have enough "guilt" to buy that argument. Oh yeah, Happy Columbus Day dude. ;)
There's another black Confederate that I know of, buried in Carter County, TN. His name was Robert "Bob" Stover. He served as a teamster in a Confederate cavalry unit. He filed for a pension but died before he ever received it.
@@brucebostick2521 I don't think anyone has ever disputed the fact that black soldiers served in the Union. So what point are you trying to make? Everyone is fully aware there were black Union soldiers. There were also black Confederate soldiers.
@@guidototh6091 where in the world are you getting your information from?? Couldn't be further from what really happened. Put the books down and close your Google browser. Start asking direct descendants of free black slaves who volunteered to fight for the south to be full fledge Confederate soldiers. US Veterans by law.
Hey Bird dog wish there was a way for me to share a photo with you of my relatives on father’s side who fought for the confederacy in a Kentucky outfit. It was the last time they ever wore their colors.
Mr.cowboy the problem isn't because of a color of skin , it's because of elected officials to permit a problem is to promote it! In a small town near where I live has always been known for a large part of the town being lawless drugs, prostitution, drunks,shootings you name it .Finally the law and good town citizens are cleaning out the trash, this town is about 99 percent white. I am very pro south but not pro stupid
James Hodam of the 17th Virginia Cavalry reported seeing Black, Confederate soldiers doing guard & picket duty while he was traveling with the Jenkins/McCausland Brigade of Virginia Cavalry while in the area of Richmond. .
Awesome!! Love the video. So glad yall are telling true southern history. Much love and respect from a descendant of a trooper from the 7th Tn Cavalry. I still live on and hold the same land that my ancestor fought for. Gods blessings to y'all from West Tennessee.
@@walterbailey2950 I crave delusion, denial and false vindication by thanking the creator and vaguely mentioning my ancestor and the land Union troops salted? All 2.6 acres that couldn't have feed more than the 6 family members on this spread? No, I'm pretty sure that's concrete fact, In fact the state of TN says as much as we are one of many uncompensated west tn farms with recorded grievances. Sorry if it doesn't fit a narrative.
@@westtnskirmishlog6820 I didn’t say that. The delusion part comes in when you say that the confederacy enrolled black combat troops prior to 1865. There’s plenty of evidence for black laborers who were pressed into service to dig fortifications and black cooks and musicians as well as camp slaves, some of whom were even given uniforms and weapons. But they were not considered to be soldiers by the confederate army or government at the time. And when you say otherwise you’re falsifying history and you’re disrespecting the very people that you say you want to honor by miss characterizing the reality that they faced: Arduous and dangerous service that they often didn’t have a choice about.
@@walterbailey2950 ok well then your argument is with the dept. Of the interior, because they say and show otherwise it seems. So do the few living descendants.
@@westtnskirmishlog6820 I doubt that. But if you can produce a primary source such as a muster roll or an official service record that identifies the person in question as of African descent and an enlisted soldier, I’ll stand corrected.
8:23 I like how the paper not only espoused him to be a Democrat but continued to extoll the virtues of it and how fervent and fanatical he was about the South not losing the war.
To think during 9/11 we all stood united. We were all New Yorkers that day & now presently today. We couldn't be so far apart from one another. Great video sir.
Well done.perhaps you might do a show on Mary Green.she was the original Aunt Jemima.She was an extraordinary woman and very well loved and very wealthy.
You are fully clueless if you think civil war drummers were just helping out in camp. This was a free black man who joined the army of his own accord because as a land and business owner, he had a vested interest. Perhaps, given your obvious propensity to not fully grasp the reality of what you opine on, don’t understand the concept of free will. Luckily your efforts to diminish this black man’s accomplishments in life only serve to feed the algorithm, further cementing the legacy of his resolve to live by a path he determined for himself. I guess you are determined to talk down a black man’s accomplishments whenever you get the chance. So you talk down a black man’s life, his choices, and accomplishments and then keep a straight face while you call the historians who purvey documented history Lost causers, lol.
@@coogrfan Unfortunately the only right side accepted by the masses is always the side that won the war and that applies to every war . The Civil war was a very complex war that actually began in the political system at the time .
I really liked the bio on Henry "Dad" Brown. However, I have to mention that in all three wars, Brown was a drummer while everyone else was an armed combatant. Article 46, Section 1399 of the Confederate Army Regulations made it clear that only white men could enlist as soldiers, and this did not change until an Act of Congress in March 1865. Section 1402 of the Army Regulations allowed minors as young as 12, and enslaved people, to enlist as Musicians with the permission of their guardians (for minors) or masters (for slaves). Brown was an Army Civilian, which is a category of personnel, and he did see a lot of battles, but he was NOT a soldier and not on equal footing with the white soldiers in his company. When you look at it that way, it really makes the story A LOT less glamorous :-/
Just a note, war is never glamorous, let alone when referring to a guy who marched as the battle drummer on the literal front lines of what were the most bloody battles of the Civil War. Only a musician…. Laughable… you do understand how the civil war was fought right? This wasn’t the deck of the titanic, it was bloody, horrific, close range, at times hand to hand combat. In fact I think you’ll find the historical record to show the youngest soldier killed in the civil war was in fact a drummer, convenient they call him a soldier, yes. Google it, his name was William Black. You can attempt to diminish this man, his accomplishments and convictions to your hearts content, at the end of the day it will be fruitless. Those who knew him documented their feelings and sentiments regarding him, he and his colleagues documented at least one instance of him taking up arms to battle, if you have a document stating otherwise about him specifically, I’d be glad to view it. The fact is however, there are still comments made to this day from modern members of what was his community on this video about how he is still championed for his convictions. You see, the larger picture here is that each man is independent of his fellow man. This man in particular was a business and land owner in the south, a free black man who had a vested interest in the preserving his homeland. I think you will find that historically, just as today, the sentiments, thoughts and intentions of the individual differ greatly from those in a position of political power and as individuals we choose our own fate. Henry Brown chose his very clearly
@@BirdDogg Yeah all that Hallmark greeting card stuff about his friends and family and his personal convictions in his heart is really nice. I respect him deeply for carving a niche for himself in a society where the deck was stacked against him. Now, let's stick to primary sources and not greeting card mumbo jumbo. So... would you care to address Section 1399 of the Confederate Army Regulations?
By everything else what exactly are you referring to? The more than half of the confederate army that was conscripted into service under the threat of death? Was it the millions of northerners who benefited from slavery? Maybe you’re referring to the northern states that paid the taxes to keep their slaves after the emancipation proclamation. Or possibly that the highest number of racially motivated hate crimes in modern times occur in New York and California? Specifics would go a long way towards answering your query.
@@ryank9782 Ok so you were asking if that excused one thing, not everything, one thing that isn’t really the full context of why the war started. So many speak to the outcome without the full context or understanding of the cause. Let me turn this back for a second. Did freeing the slaves excuse every mistreatment that followed for the black race by a then reunited country of whites? Is that their get out of jail card now(in a relevant time instead of wanting to excuse dead people?) What’s their excuse? Another tid-bit, if the south would have won, things may have been better now for the black race. Not because slavery would have continued, but rather because the president of the confederacy Jefferson Davis had a plan to free the slaves, but only after educating them. Not only did he practice this, he preached it. Every slave he owned was college educated by professors he brought on the farm, teaching them to be doctors, lawyers, judges. He then let them dole out and decide the punishment if someone stole, ran away etc. And guess your little heart who comprised the entirety of the first all black town after the war??? That’s right, Jefferson Davis’ slaves started the very first all black town with judges, lawyers, doctors, bankers, book keepers, all educated at the expense of the president of the confederacy….. Now here’s a Lincoln quote for you , “If I could save the union without freeing any slaves I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that.” Lincoln didn’t care about the slaves, nor did the Yankees. Dollars and cents, dollars and cents.
@@BirdDogg so no just word salad. and what about what about. nice try. also way to assume a lot. and do you know where that Lincoln quote even came from? i am not championing the north like you are the south. its ok its over now. also any source for any of that jefferson davis stuff?
@@ryank9782 So wait… I’m not championing the south, I’m sharing real history… Do I even know ?? 🤣🤣🤣 Yeah I know, and I know the full context, what does that have to do with the historical fact. Dear lord, look through my content, there are over 500 videos about the civil war. Maybe start with the real audio interviews with slaves about the atrocities of slavery, then move on to the interview with Jefferson Davis’s slave. How many volumes of the OR have you read? Do you even know what the OR is? Or are all your civil war facts from Wikipedia? Try personal accounts, diaries etc. Your initial post was defaming the south… Eat all the salad you like, I’m a meat and potatoes guy.
I'm glad to see videos like this, because every time I tell people that there were black Confederate soldiers, I am shot down. Everyone claims that there were never any black Confederate soldiers, because the Civil War was fought over slavery: which is non-sense. Slavery was over by the time the war started. But, that in itself, is a discussion that should be left for another day. My own great-grandfather joined the Union Army at age 15. He fought his first battle at age 16. He wrote his parents a letter stating that nobody wanted the fight the black Confederate soldiers, because, in his words, they were deadly accurate in their shooting. I owned the letter until 2007.
The war was a Secessionist movement, not a true Civil War, as they had in Spain in the 1930s, where both factions vie for control of the central government.
I've seen the fable about Forrest's "black soldiers" in his escort company referred to quite often. No-one (as far as I know) has been able to produce any evidence to authenticate it. Forrest took slaves with him on campaign, but they were teamsters and emphatically not soldiers.
If you were a slave at that time and a Confederate Officer told you to fire on the Union, you fired on the Union. Not that you wanted to do it. You had no choice but do it. You were a slave in the south. You had no choice but obey or be tortured to death as usual. What’s hard about that to understand? 🤦🏿♀️.
I completely agree with you about understanding the differences in government and individual motivations. Sometimes those motivations are the same and sometimes vastly different. We should also not misconstrue rare examples of black men to represent a government and society that very much opposed their participation and which most wanted to escape. The myth of significant numbers of black soldiers is just that, a myth.
@@brucebostick2521 Indeed. When I was a young boy, I too had very naive notions about the Civil War. I loved Lee and played Civil War at recess. I had notions that slavery had something to do with it, but mostly I just loved playing army. I still love military history. If you saw my home office,you would see Lee, along with Grant, Lincoln (my favorite), Chamberlain, the Iron Brigade, and lots more. History is one thing, but I think a lot of those who say "my history, my heritage" want to maintain that squeaky clean, whitewashed, and naive version of history they had when they were children. They rebel against seeing their childhood heroes questioned and tarnished. What they fail to see is that the Civil War was not like the marble man Lee and a time of chivalry they imagine. It was more like John Wilkes Booth, bloody Kansas, Sherman's march to the sea, the pillaging of Fredericksburg, the burning of Chambersburg, PA, the massacre of black soldiers at Ft Pillow, and Andersonville. It was not pretty. Its real legacy was not reenactors playing soldier. Its real legacy was 100 years of black citizens still fighting for legal equality. They want it sanitized. There is also a more dangerous group that longs for a rebellion against a nation they still somewhat despise.
How so? He was a known and respected business and land owner in his community, why would he not attempt to protect that community? A community who revered him and went on to elect him into public office? Or were you simply referring to yourself as confused?
@@NulledSeries It’s a shame that you would diminish the accomplishments of a black man’s success in a far different time and world with your self contrived perceptions rather than championing him and his successes as his community has for more than 160 years now. My perception would tell me you live in the north where perceptions of southern culture are skewed by the fact that the highest number of racist hate crimes occur in New York and California. I guess if you live surrounded by racists it would be easy to start to take on their attributes and subconsciously diminish people of color who fall outside your perceptions that the world is void of nuance, pure shades of black and white. In fact, the world is a shade of gray, filled with subtle nuances that the uninformed would skim over in their lust to appear righteous in their indignant judgements. Alas, history shall judge you and this society as a whole as well, one can only wonder, will you be deemed one of those who imprisoned immigrants and separated children from their families? Possibly as one who bombed innocent women and children in your lust for world dominance? Will it be as simple as being one of those who destroyed the planet for future generations just to appease your consumer greed? Who will your children’s children pay reparations to for your deeds? Without nuance we are all fodder for armchair “historians.” Only time will tell your designated sins I suppose.
@@NulledSeries This is absolute ignorance on your part. Your pasteurized education has made you a mindless repeater of incorrect facts by the winners pov. Just as the US is justified in their warcrimes in .... pick a war.
When a community calls someone "dad" There's a pretty good chance he greatly cared for others!
Good folks is good folks
Look up Holt Collier, a Confederate sharpshooter.
More than likely, he was referred to as ... "uncle"!!!
There's also a pretty good chance he impregnated several women within the community.
@@leemerriweather2471 4:33 "Uncle Dad". No relation.
Very well done. RIP Henry "Dad" Brown .
RIP Henry dad brown! This is an amazing story!, it really is, it is a shame more of this is not shown in our public schools🤦🏾♂️. I never knew about this man, so glad I found this channel! Keep up the great work sir! 🤙🏾🙏🏽
All the government "schools" are good for now is simple-minded propaganda. I will bet you few teachers know this interesting story.
If he was truly special, the confederacy would have put up statues of him and honored him and black confederate veterans as well.......but they didn't. The exception doesn't make the rule...the confederacy was fighting for slavery.
@@kninezbanksyes and u would be surprised to find out how many free and enslaved blacks agreed with slavery. Even when they were free some slaves would not leave
I am a public school teacher and I will tell my students about him. Why wouldn’t I? I am not going to hide history. Henry Dad Brown is strange and interesting history, that deserves to be remembered.
@@idealiamcadory3769 "how many free and enslaved blacks agreed with slavery".......and you would be surprised at how many didn't agree with it.....the overwhelming majority.....the problem is it was forced on millions, those that agreed and those that didn't.....and for many slaves, it was the only life they ever knew.......Again, the exception does not make the rule.
Over 170,000 blacks fought for the union, compared to less than 5000 for the confederacy, even though they had most of the black population within their borders......The south fought to gain the sovereignty to continue practicing and spreading slavery.
Only 6 months before my Dad’s passing in 1993, he told me about Aunt Cloe who was a slave in our family in North Carolina, he was embarrassed that he had never mentioned her before. Aunt Cloe was my gr-grandfather’s’wet nurse’ . She nursed my ancestor until he was almost 3. Her family never left the farm during the War & she outlived 2 husbands and all of her children, passing away the very year my parents were married in 1937 at age 105. She is buried in our family cemetery, loved till the last by her white family.
Aunt Cloe was a slave owned by your benevolent family. She was your family's property, no more valuable than a horse.
@@peterlyons8793 I wrote a lengthy answer to you but it went into the ‘ether’ of space I fear.
To summarize, I was a reenactor in a Confederate Brigade and had the privilege of meeting 13 or 14 descendants of Confederate soldiers and some slaves at the 135th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Some were white as me, some were brown & some were black. They were the descendants of those Confederates who left the destruction of the South, some with slaves, and settled in Brazil.
All wore Confederate gray! The spoke very little English, but in camp they sang DIXIE with a Southern drawl!
Eugene Harter, one of those Confederate descendants and whose Father was Ambassador to the US from Brazil; wrote a book ‘Confederates in Brazil’ CONFEDERADOS. I had the opportunity to speak with him more than 25 years ago. He said by 1900, the former slaves and those Confederates had intermarried and the color line had disappeared.
The humanity of slaves was never the question in the US-they were legal property under our Constitution, by today’s social mores it is hard to comprehend this fact. But the South did not invent slavery and the North exacted their pound of flesh when slaves crossed thei docks. Little Rhode Island managed to be a port of entry for over 100,000 slaves -the Wolf family there got very rich!
@@peterlyons8793 you obviously have never owned a GOOD horse. Worth more than gold.
Wow, this was so interesting thank you for sharing your story.
@@lbarnes8207 I never owned a GOOD slave either.
This is the history that the left will never acknowledge. Well done Chris. Rest in peace all American veterans of all wars.🇺🇸🇺🇸
@@rogerthat4545 I’ve gotten thousands of comments that there were never any black confederates over the years on this channel.
@@rogerthat4545 uhhh, this very example enlisted in 1861
@@BirdDogg the nazis conscripted slavs
Doesn't mean they didn't slaughter millions
Don't you love these less educated left that WON'T see the truth even when it smacks them in the face?
There were black Confederates through out the war because they too wanted to fight for the South.
And it WASN'T because of needing more men.
@@whiterabbit-wo7hw so 12 of 4 million makes it okay to be racist
The last Confederate general to surrender after Lee was a Cherokee slave owner- Stand Watie was his name. He patrolled the Indian territories,later in life helped to tabulate his people's history. The Outlaw Josey Wales movie had a Cherokee playing opposite of Wales named Lone Watie,think ole Clint Eastwood was paying homage to him.
That’s right up the road from me
@@brucebostick2521 There are most likely no people groups that have no history of slavery.
Turkeys coting for Christmas??
@@brucebostick2521 They all did...
@@guidototh6091 if you think the civil war had anything to do about slavery, youre an idiot
Wow, he was at the bloodiest battles of the whole war. A true southern patriot.
BS, he was a slave.
@@mackmckinney5206 well maybe at first, but he secured his freedom and quickly became an entrepreneur. Prior to becoming a drummer/soldier.
Plus the takeaway point here is that he was a beloved member of his community and promoted human caring etc.
@@dalemoss4684 that he was loved might be a decent person like you's takeaway but die hard slavery supporters use it to create this myth, that slavery was not so bad. Its all a part of the lost cause scam orchestrated by the KKK through the Sons of the Confederacy and the Daughters of the Confederacy.
@@mackmckinney5206 Did you even watch the video or you just one of them loud mouths that refused to believe that maybe history was not as black as white as the mainstream media would have you to believe
@@mackmckinney5206 wow what a negative take on the life of this man. You seem to be hoping that he was a slave for political reasons. Very pathetic and shows you don't truly care about slaves, but the political gains you can use against your political opposition to oppose shame and guilt. This is why nobody takes the "woke" crowd seriously!!
I’ve been digging & digging & digging for this! - RIP Henry ‘Dad’ Brown
Great video Chris - thanks for sharing -
I am an old man now but in my lifetime I have known two old slave women who were still living in the late 50's and early 60's that told a much different story of life in the old South than what you will hear today. I know a lot about the war and I can tell you there were hundreds of slaves who remained true to the South and fought with the Confederate soldiers. Don't believe any of the modern lies passed out by the ignorant know-nothings.
Bruce Howard of Mississippi
Thousands of slaves were used by the insurrectionist armies to dig and fortify. They were NEVER supposed to be issued muskets. The White CSA troops were not expected to do this "N word" work. Surviving CSA commissary records tell the truth. And they also suggest that corruption was extensive particularly thru 1862, and that confederate troops, (app. half forcibly conscripted,) were fed on half the rations of USA troops. The majority of Southern slavers, businessmen, and educated white men held exemptions by confederate law. If you have some special documentary evidence of hundreds of slaves who "fought" for the insurrection, please share it, . . . without the name calling please. FACTS MATTER
I’m sure there were hundreds. But there were millions who didn’t want to be kept and abused in bondage too.
@@davidsnedeker8098 you do know it was the same on the northern side, they only used blacks for labor, burial detail, etc...
@@Roosterdoodler so fi'ing wrong.... and this is why this video sucks
@@davidsnedeker8098 look at the comments of the uneducated. its depressing
All of these men, black or white, north or south, were brave heroes and should be remembered as such.
Southerners were traitors and deserve to be reviled.
@ajdrag what’s heroic about fighting to keep an entire race of people enslaved?
R.I.P. my Confederate ancestors R.I.P.
RIP to my ancestors who was working that farm.
Many black men fought bravely in defense of their homes for the confederacy. Thanks for a great example of that truth.
And around 180,000 fought for the North, I'm sure 10's of free blacks fought for the south. But this video while interesting, doesn't change the fact that the south was fighting to maintain slavery, and the north freed the slaves.
@@markschneider3915 So..., not so! "History is written by the victor. " Napoleon Bonaparte I will leave it to you to look deeper than the propaganda taught in publik skool or..., not. Veritas vos Liberatus
@@guidototh6091 Sir, if you will take the time to look you will find that 70 percent of the emancipation groups were southern. By the late 1850s the machine age had begun in earnest and slave holding had become comparatively expensive. Coupled with the Calvinistic notion that all men are created equal there was strong desire in the south to rid itself of the detestable institution prior to the war. The war just decided that there would be a monopoly on centralized power in DC instead of decentralized power of the Jeffersonian era. Slavery was not ended until the ratification of the 14th amendment. Ulysses Grant kept his slaves until the 14th. Robert Lee appalled by the institution of slavery freed his much earlier. We are all in my opinion now suffering from the centralization that occurred after the war. Look deeper into history. Have a great day and God bless.
@@markschneider3915 in the words of greta thunberg, "blah, blah, blah." Of course the South wanted to protect slavery. It was the center of their economy, duh! They also did not think it wise to turn loose millions of people out into the street who did not have the training or means to care for themselves. But there was also a multitude of OTHER reasons they chose to seceed. Reasons we are grappling with today as a matter of fact. No war, not one, has ever been fought for just one reason. Trying to judge the past by today's standard's simply does not work.
@@guidototh6091 slavery did not end. It just changed form and color. We are all the property of the u.s. govt. now to do with as they so choose.
What a legacy. A man of great character. May you rest in peace.
AN EMBARRASSMENT AND ABOMINATION TO BLACK PEOPLE!!!
This was very well put together. I appreciate you bringing this history forward. Especially since so many are trying to erase it. Definitely won over a new subscriber.
Thanks Brandon
@@guidototh6091 this video has nothing to do with monuments. Focus Guido
@@guidototh6091 there’s no mention of monuments ...?
@@guidototh6091 ehh, art is subjective.
@@guidototh6091 TROLL
I've read that the Black Cavalry that was Nathan Bedford Forrest's personal body guard was a bunch that you didn't want riding down upon you if you were a Union soldier!
I've heard that as well! Also heard that Forrest reportedly said that he wasn't worried if he had a horse shot out from under him (something which happened several times) because "my Black boys will have my back." Salutations, Henry, and to all Confederates, White and Black.
200,000 black men served in the Union Army. A handful of free blacks served in the Confederate Army and fewer still were actually armed.
@@guidototh6453 A site called "Black Confederates" said otherwise -- so of course, it's disappeared. It included a letter written by a Black Union chaplain, on behalf of numerous Black soldiers, complaining of their treatment in the Union army. If memory serves, that site stated there were about 65,000 Blacks in the Confederate forces, a great many bearing arms. Not as impressive a number as 200,000, but still a considerable "handful." After the war, many went on to aid the various resistance groups opposing the so-called "Reconstruction."
@@guidototh6453 that must be ones that live in Chicago ect.
Nelson Bushrod, an African American, had an ancestor who rode with Forrest. I had the opportunity to meet him at a reenactment. When Congress called Forrest before a tribunal after the war, Sherman said, “ we came here to try Forrest & hang Forrest “
They were surprised when a captured black Union soldier testified on Forrests behalf, he was exonerated. Forrest testified he knew the war was lost after the fall of Vicksburg in1863. He called his 43 Boys ( slaves- he always called them his ‘BOYS’) together and told them he was writing their papers of freedom. He said they would be free anyway when the war ended but if he got killed he didn’t know what would happen to them. 41 stayed with him and he said, “Better Confederates never rode”
After the war, 24 stayed with him through thick & thin-all they way till his death.
Love the stories you tell. It's all so fascinating. Also miss your music at night. Take care, can't wait to see the next history lesson.
Thanks Lanet, I am working on finding a logical way to share all of my interests without scaring off all the folks just here for history. I will likely start another channel for all my other interests soon. I’ll keep you posted
They’re part of a carefully coordinated effort to distort history that began in the 1970s.
What an amazing story. Thanks for sharing.
Great video Chris . Thank you for sharing this .
I love these kind of stories.
Thank you "Dad" for your service and your kindness in helping others.
Thank you for sharing.
There is evidence an example is holt Collier of Mississippi. During the war he enlisted in company I of the 9th Texas dismounted Cavalry regiment and during the war he was wounded many times and earned the respect of his comrades. After the war he became friend's and hunting buddies with Teddy Roosevelt
This is very true! I was apart of getting him a headstone and giving him a full confederate dedication! And is buried in Greenville ms.
@@thomashaik8217 God bless yall gor it too. We heard about yall doing this up un West Tn and it was wonderful new. God bless you and yours.
He didn’t enlist. That’s a cover story obscuring the reality that he was brought to war by his master, as a camp slave.
And there’s no way to defend the good name of the Confederate soldier by lying about history.
Considering the sacrifices of the Confederate soldier for honor anyone telling lies in his name should be ashamed.
@@walterbailey2950 read his actual history mate None of what you said is true
@@thesouthernhistorian4153 I don’t believe that you’re really so naïve as to take for granted the truth of what someone says when there is a reason to doubt it, such as documentary evidence to the contrary and the desire to tell whites what he thinks they might want to hear after the war.
But if I’m wrong and you’re simply self-deluded, know that you’re never going to be able to defend the south by making up stories that no objective observer will believe.
I’m a descendent of at least 30 Confederate soldiers several of whom died for the south and I owe it to them not to make a mockery of the cause that they fought for with these ridiculous stories.
Our people wrote the Declaration of Independence and the constitution as a compact between sovereign states. We don’t need to make up stories about Phantom black confederate combat troops to make it seem as if the south was 100 years ahead of its time in race relations when no one really was at the time. By doing so we’re soiling the honor of the south and failing utterly to defend the good name of the confederate soldier.
Excellent presentation of history as it really was.
As a former History teacher I can tell you that black soldiers DID serve in the Confederate Army in numbers that make the historical revisionist VERY uncomfortable!! To the individual who wrote that this is just myth may I say you REALLY need to do some research-and I don't mean Google!! I have in my library a volume titled, "Under Both Flags" which was written in the late 1890's I think. It is a compilation of interviews of Southern & Northern soldiers/officers and blacks who fought for both sides. Yes, black soldiers fought for the South and many were proud to do so. This volume-and others I have in my library dismantle the myths taught in our public schools & repeated on social media.
Are you familiar with James McPherson? Someone at the 150th Gettysburg commemoration Q&A asked him about black Confederates. He dismissed it as not even worth the time it would take to respond. If there were significant numbers, where are the Union accounts of them? Why did some Confederate leaders in 1864/65, even in that desperate time, say enlisting black men would go against the principles of the rebellion? Why did it take until right before the end for the Confederate government to approve enlistment of black men? I have an MA in history from Wisconsin. It is in European history, but I know something about reading and learning history. I have studied mostly Civil War history for the last 20 years.
I honor all of them that fought with bravery and true hearts regardless of which side they fought on.
@@kennethmoles4643 My great-great grandfathers were Confederate soldiers at Antietam, The Wilderness, Fredericksburg, and Petersburg. Not at Gettysburg because the 44th NC was detached to guard rail lines. The other was in the 46th NC. I remember all soldiers, but my ancestors fought for a bad cause. That said, I have no idea why they enlisted - what their individual motivations were. I do know neither was drafted. I also have no illusions that most Union soldiers cared that much about slavery, especially early on.
@@danwoodliefphotography871 fought for a bad cause? If you're a supporter of authoritarian regimes or communist, that makes sense. The "muh slaves" or "just cause" narrative is organic equestrian fertilizer. My family fought for the Confederacy and in the Revolutionary war, the latter being over tea (sarcasm). The War Between the States was Jeffersonian doctrine vs. Hamiltonian views of government . Period.
@@danwoodliefphotography871 Someone said he said??? Yeah ok, now there's an authority!!! Some blacks were in front line duty, some in rear echelon duties. Were they in massive numbers? No. But the fact can't be ignored the Confederate army was more diverse than the Union percentage wise. Whole regiments of Hispanics, Colonel Santos Benavides being one of the most popular. Cherokee Indians and other tribes were also enlisted, Stand Watie being a general commander and the more famous of those. Whole companies of Creoles and Tejanos served in famous units like the Louisiana Fighting Tigers. Free blacks, mallotos served, mostly in home gaurd units. The fake veneer that the union was some pro multiculti, righteous cause army of diversity , fighting for freedom is prolepsis, if at all.
A lot off black men fought for this country and were treated like crap when they got back hung from trees and not treated equally.
The Man was obviously a great American Patriot . The man is an American hero.
He turned his back on America regardless of color he's a dirty traitor
@@cowbeanboi412 I think you need to research exactly what the Civil war was about. Lincoln was Not a great President
The Confederatecy was formed after Lincoln refused to recognize States Rights as written in the Constitution. It had nothing to do with slavery until the middle of War ,
@@michealtull9033 same way the south violated the north rights?
@@michealtull9033 did you forget about the runaway act that forced everyone to help with slavery even if they didn't want to
@@cowbeanboi412 No but , the order of the chain of events that led to the secession of the South is really important to understanding that the people joined the military at that time were not anti American, but Patriots fighting for what they believed to be their Constitutional Rights. No matter which side they fought on ,they were American Patriots.
What a wonderful story. I am honored to hear about this man’s life story.
American history amazes me more everyday. Thank you
Yes...it is!
AS A SOUTHERN ALABAMA BLACK MAN, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THIS PICTURE!!!! THOSE BLACK SOUTHERN SOLDIERS LOOK TOUGH AND MEAN AND COURAGEOUS!!!!
Just got done reading the book by Sam Watkins he started the Civil War in man power his unit started with 3,500 people at the end only 65 men made it through if you want to read how bad the Confederate army had it read this book!
Thanks for the heads up ,just did a quick search and I can get it here in the UK
Most black men like myself strive to be such a great american.bless you.
He truly loved others. An example to all men. Salute.
And you love him because more importantly he’s a useful means of papering over the south’s greatest moral failing.
Wow I’m from the north (yankee) and this is incredible. They don’t teach you the whole truth ever. RIP 🇺🇸
Also must mention the stunningly well written obit, you rarely see writing that good in any news service today. Quality journalism
It was beautiful, written by someone who deeply cared and respected him
This is a story that needs to be told!
Share it!
Well last week I was about to conclude (after reading an internet comment )that after all no blacks were in the Confederate army , but this account of a black man who served and was even well liked by both black and white cannot be denied.
The confederate was started by blacks....The American Indians were black. Aka Aboriginals. As time progress. The real truth that was hidden is coming out
Thank you for sharing American History
Love theses stories, keep em coming. Thanks
A great tribute to a person who seemed to deeply care about serving his country and his fellow man. I would have liked to have met him.
Really??? Shake a black man’s hand 🤚, “His” Country - He was brought to a stolen land. I’m confused. “His” country????????? Not even “Your” Country 🤦🏽♂️
@@michaeljordan8544 you have absolutely 0 understanding of how the world operated before your life of luxuries granted to you by those who came before you. Wow!
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God bless Henry dad Brown!
The South seceded and fought over slavery. The North fought to keep the country together. Slavery was ancillary to that until the Emancipation Proclamation was announced. And one of the big reasons it was announced was to keep European powers from supporting the South.
Black confederates existed, but not as soldiers. They were cooks, pitched tents, gathered firewood, etc. There was a black company in New Orleans, but they saw no action, were part of the aristocracy anyway, and immediately surrendered after the navy took the city.
Its almost as though you didn't watch the video. They didn't fight for slavery either.
@@AmericanMilitaryHistory Who didn't fight for slavery?
@@confederatetearsaredelicious The Confederates.
@@AmericanMilitaryHistory "The new Constitution has put at rest forever all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institutions-African slavery as it exists among us-the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present revolution."
- Alexander Stephens, Vice President of the Confederate States of America
I think the vice president of the Confederate states of America makes it abundantly clear that African Slavery was the reason for their "present revolution" or you know, the American Civil War
@@confederatetearsaredelicious "As for my Savanna speech, about which so much has been said and in regard to which I am represented as setting forth "slavery" as the "Corner-Stone" of the Confederacy, it is proper for me to state the speech was extemporaneous. The reporters notes, which were imperfect, were *hastily* corrected by me, and were published without further revision and with several glaring errors"
-Stephen's
What a wonderful story this is. There are many more of black men serving in the CSA. Thank you for posting this.
@@guidototh6091 There we're over 10,000 black confederates in service. That's not a few. The South was almost always outnumbered in battle. That's why so many Yankees died.
@@bigminks364
I believe that it became a majority anti-slavery war when the north started losing bad and was running out of money and men to fight; "anti-slavery" was used to combat/reverse three points. Lincoln's initial and main objective was to keep the states together as one nation, no?
@@bigminks364
Yep, to all of that, especially the north demanding that the south sell them raw goods for less than Britain/Europe were paying for them. Similar to today the north tried everything in the book - every scheme/law/tariff/order/the courts. It truly was the war of northern aggression, started before any declaration of secession and continued on for many decades after the war. To say that the north was vindictive would be "going easy on them".
I'm not a southerner but I am a huge believer in the "doctrine" state's rights and am solidly anti-slavery. What is acceptable in any and all societies is fluid and no history should be judged entirely on current standards. I try to ask questions to get people to think and to spur them on to explain why they believe what they are saying. ;)
Personal rights without personal responsibility leads to failure of both.
Also need to research a man named Louis Napoleon Nelson. He was a black man that served under Nathan Bedford Forrest. He had the whole Bible memorized so Forrest appointed him to be a chaplain. As far as I know, that is the highest rank of any black man on either side. Nelson served in several battles including Shiloh. After the war, he said that he was the only black Democrat in TN and it was because of the kindness that Forrest showed him. After the war, Forrest was asked about the black troops that served under him and he said: “I never knew a finer group of Confederates”.
@@ddskreamer Wrong. History proves you all Liars.
No Black Regiment ever saw battle for the Confederate, the Confederate didn't even try to enlist Black Soldiers until it was evident they were going to Lose and desperation set in, but No Regiment ever saw battle.
7:49 of the two armies who fought in the war,one was segregated and one was integrated.I think you know which one was segregated!
@@carlylewoodard269 Both of the armies were segregated. Black "soldiers" were frequently just slaves brought around for camp duties, while those freed men who were actually allowed to fight were segregated to their own Regiments. Though, like Curtis said, none of these ever saw action and they frequently deserted.
@@thehumanoddity I suggest you look up the biography of Levi Carnine as just one example of Blacks who actually did fight for the Confederate army.
@@carlylewoodard269 Levi was a fucking slave. He wasn't a Confederate soldier and instead was just forced to accompany his master, Hogan, into the war, and continued to serve as a camp slave for the entirety of it.
Stop trying to make some fucked up narrative that doesn't exist.
Its incredible that he joined so early in the war, and actually survived the long list of bloody campaigns in which he participated. The odds were not good. I'm glad he did. I'm grateful for his service, and brotherhood. I'm glad you put his story out here as well... too many have been forgotten or had their service effectively erased to cover the crimes and lies of a tyrannical government waging war on its own people for money and power.
I was raised a proud Southerner, and proud American. I was taught that all men are created equal, but their actions in life will determine whether that value rises or falls. I never was a "The South will rise again" type, because I was proud of the nation we became (in spite of the crimes of our government). However, considering the tyranny we live under today, I'm starting to think maybe the South ain't seen the end of resisting tyranny just yet. Deo Vindice!
sic semper tyrannis!
Oro se do bheatha bhaile!
Excellent!!!
Let’s say he volunteered. He was given a drum not a gun. He wasn’t a musician. He was a bricklayer but they gave him a drum instead of a gun bc he was a black man. Not until near end of war did bc Confederacy was losing badly did they consider allowing black men to fight. They had resisted bc it undermined their claim that slavery was the natural condition of black people. In the end much nothing became of it.
You’d have to ask why was this black man considered brave by white ppl and beloved by them at time in SC when black ppl where being exploited, lynched, purged from white towns, discriminated against by white southerners. The answer is he kept his head down and acted in a way that didn’t challenge white ppl’s power over black ppl.
What I did not realize is that the reason that drums and bugles are used by armies because it is a way of communicating in battle. It makes sense because verbal orders could not always be heard.
Also that a coroner, an elected position, was not necessarily a doctor.
"You cannot make soldiers of slaves, or slaves of soldiers. The day you make a soldier of them is the beginning of the end of the Revolution. And if slaves seem good soldiers, then our whole theory of slavery is wrong." - Howell Cobb, Major-General CSA.
Dude Henry Brown Wasn't a Slave He Was a Soilder🤦🏾♂️Plus He Purchased His Freedom Before The War So He Definitely Wasn't a Slave And The War Wasn't About Slavery Y'all Call Stuff Like This Lost Cause Or Myth But I Say It's True History
@@AllStarboy105 More fool you.
@@brucebostick2521 at least it's known That a black Confederate soilder Dropped 3 Union Whites In One Night😂 Enslaved Or Free The Blacks Fought Wit Southern Pride Underneath the Confederate flag
@@brucebostick2521 dummy 🤦🏾♂️again the war wasn't about Slavery how do you sound the Historians and the media be telling you idiots false history I can send you a link that shows you that there's a black Confederate soilders monument in Mississippi and Slavery? Dude there were black slavers in the north and south and not every black were enslaved in the south I'm black and I'm telling you this
@@brucebostick2521 And fyi the Emancipation Proclamation didn't free a slave that was just to allow blacks to serve as soilders in the union army plus slavery ended in Maryland a union state in 1864 a year or two after Abraham Lincoln passed it
Thank You, for sharing, HISTORY!
The discussion of recruiting slaves into the Southern military begin in December 1963 when Major General Patrick Cleburne made that suggestion to his fellow officers. Despite general Cleburne's well reasoned arguments (available online) as to the necessity of raising slave soldiers, his suggestion not only fell on deaf ears, he was advised by his commanding general to destroy all copies of his analysis.
But, by1864, it was clear that the South could not meet its military manpower needs based solely on the availability of white men of military age. Thus, Cleburne's suggestion came back up, but by this time President Davis had reached a point where he would support such a measure, especially as it was also supported by General Lee. Both Lee and Cleburne thought that slaves would need to be emancipated before they would become committed soldiers for the South. Otherwise why not just cross over to Yankee lines and immediately be free?
The Southern body politic was not ready to except such blunt reality. It wasn't until March of 1865 that the Confederate Congress passed legislation authorizing slaves to join the Confederate army; however, it would require the slave owner's consent and the new law did not include emancipation. But, under Confederate General Order Number 14, slaves would not be accepted into the military unless with his own consent, and with the approval of his master, and must also given the rights of a freedman.
March was woefully late for black enlistment to have any real impact the outcome of the Rebellion, although two companies were formed. (I have read accounts that these soldiers saw combat, and some accounts that say they didn't, does anybody know?)
The passage of legislation allowing slaves to become soldiers and freemen essentially tore the heart out of the confederate experiment as a slave-owning republic. As Howell Cobb of Georgia wrote “if slaves will make good soldiers, our whole theory of slavery is wrong.” For the CSA to move from a master/slave relationship to accepting free blacks willing to fight for Southern Independence was a classic case of too little, too late as fighting effectively ended on April 9th with the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.
This is not to say that there was not slaves who went to war with their masters and who might well have picked up a musket, or would wear the Confederate uniform. There also were many blacks in noncombatant roles (cooks, mule skinners, etc).
@@brucebostick2521 Pretty much… And it’s as if my countrymen in the south have laid a trap for themselves by pushing this nonsense about black confederates, thereby making the whole southern cause into a farce and helping northern apologists who claim that even states rights and defense of home were nothing but a pretext for slavery.
This throws away the opportunity we should’ve had point out that one of our own James Madison described the constitution that he wrote as a compact between sovereign states which retained the ability to overrule the federal government if it overstepped the powers that the states had delegated to it.
Those who really want to defend the south should acknowledge that slavery was the foundation of the southern economy had a great tragedy. Only then can we defend the rights of the states again.
A fine gentleman, and well respected.
Thanks for this video I get tired of people acting like Black Confederates didn’t exist are assume because you mention that black Confederates exist that I support slavery, also can you start back uploading more videos because this was a very well put together video
I appreciate it, Hopefully soon, been nose to the grindstone trying to get by.
Confederate Major General Pat Cleburne, born in Ireland and one of the very best generals the south had, wrote a long open letter to the confederate military urging the emancipation of all the slaves in exchange for drafting them into the southern army.
Great content bro,,really surprised the youtube Nazis even let you have this channel
Shhhhhh! Lol. thanks!
@@brucebostick2521 Citation needed for that BS statement.
I'll wait here....(gets popcorn ready)
@@brucebostick2521 I've already read it and you say it's a well researched/historically accurate (sic) document? SMH. The conclusions are based largely on the personal biases of the author.
Godwin's Law is the laziest exposition for debating history.
@@brucebostick2521 LOL whatever you say, Boomer.
@@brucebostick2521 LOL I see, you're a self-hater then?
Well as someone who STILL thinks highly of Lee and the men who served under him, and who did have an ancestor who served under him, let me clue you in on a few details.
National Socialism (aka Nazism) is based on an ideal that the STATE is all-powerful and should be ruled by a single man with god-like power.
The Confederate States were a group of sovereign individual state governments and a weak federal power (Richmond) that believed strongly that federal control was the servant of the States and not the other way around.
Simply put, the two ideologies are NOT comparable at all, and are in fact as different as night and day.
Lee and Davis would have thought of Hitler as the antichrist.
Yet your only point of comparison is the say that because both governments believed in racial superiority is a weak one given that most major European powers at the time (especially Great Britain) also shared the belief in the alleged superiority of the white race. Face if, if the Confederates were the same as Nazis, then so were the British, French, Dutch, Germans, ect. And I don't have enough "guilt" to buy that argument.
Oh yeah, Happy Columbus Day dude. ;)
There's another black Confederate that I know of, buried in Carter County, TN. His name was Robert "Bob" Stover. He served as a teamster in a Confederate cavalry unit. He filed for a pension but died before he ever received it.
@@brucebostick2521 I don't think anyone has ever disputed the fact that black soldiers served in the Union. So what point are you trying to make? Everyone is fully aware there were black Union soldiers. There were also black Confederate soldiers.
@@guidototh6091 where in the world are you getting your information from?? Couldn't be further from what really happened. Put the books down and close your Google browser. Start asking direct descendants of free black slaves who volunteered to fight for the south to be full fledge Confederate soldiers. US Veterans by law.
Hey Bird dog wish there was a way for me to share a photo with you of my relatives on father’s side who fought for the confederacy in a Kentucky outfit. It was the last time they ever wore their colors.
I wish the south would have won so Memphis TN would still be a safe place to live. I miss it but da hood ain't safe no mo
Aww yes let's enslsve millions so I can walk down the street such a trade off
Mr.cowboy the problem isn't because of a color of skin , it's because of elected officials to permit a problem is to promote it! In a small town near where I live has always been known for a large part of the town being lawless drugs, prostitution, drunks,shootings you name it .Finally the law and good town citizens are cleaning out the trash, this town is about 99 percent white. I am very pro south but not pro stupid
@@loripedigo7179 maybe you didn't read the comment I'm replying to
@@loripedigo7179 also if it's not a race issue then Memphis would be shit regardless on if the south won
James Hodam of the 17th Virginia Cavalry reported seeing Black, Confederate soldiers doing guard & picket duty while he was traveling with the Jenkins/McCausland Brigade of Virginia Cavalry while in the area of Richmond. .
God Bless you Sir...
Awesome!! Love the video. So glad yall are telling true southern history. Much love and respect from a descendant of a trooper from the 7th Tn Cavalry. I still live on and hold the same land that my ancestor fought for. Gods blessings to y'all from West Tennessee.
You crave delusion, denial, and false vindication. But only the truth can possibly honor the south and her heroes.
@@walterbailey2950 I crave delusion, denial and false vindication by thanking the creator and vaguely mentioning my ancestor and the land Union troops salted? All 2.6 acres that couldn't have feed more than the 6 family members on this spread? No, I'm pretty sure that's concrete fact, In fact the state of TN says as much as we are one of many uncompensated west tn farms with recorded grievances. Sorry if it doesn't fit a narrative.
@@westtnskirmishlog6820 I didn’t say that. The delusion part comes in when you say that the confederacy enrolled black combat troops prior to 1865. There’s plenty of evidence for black laborers who were pressed into service to dig fortifications and black cooks and musicians as well as camp slaves, some of whom were even given uniforms and weapons. But they were not considered to be soldiers by the confederate army or government at the time. And when you say otherwise you’re falsifying history and you’re disrespecting the very people that you say you want to honor by miss characterizing the reality that they faced: Arduous and dangerous service that they often didn’t have a choice about.
@@walterbailey2950 ok well then your argument is with the dept. Of the interior, because they say and show otherwise it seems. So do the few living descendants.
@@westtnskirmishlog6820 I doubt that. But if you can produce a primary source such as a muster roll or an official service record that identifies the person in question as of African descent and an enlisted soldier, I’ll stand corrected.
I have several Confederate Veteran ancestors and they're almost all tri racial. To protect your family and homeland is human nature
The common soldier, defending his home. I did.
Wonderful. Thank you for posting this.
I wish I could have known him! I do believe with all my heart that I will get to meet him when my time on this earth is over. What a great story!
Wow this is amazing, thank you for keeping our history alive
8:23 I like how the paper not only espoused him to be a Democrat but continued to extoll the virtues of it and how fervent and fanatical he was about the South not losing the war.
So which is it, Reb!? Democrats are racists? Or...( what a tingled web you 💩 heads weave 🤮)
Thats right. Stop the hate,educate
This storyline has unfolded transpired, evolved & disappeared. In my very own backyard.
To think during 9/11 we all stood united. We were all New Yorkers that day & now presently today. We couldn't be so far apart from one another.
Great video sir.
@@johnnybottles2344 it is kinda divisive when some folks defend the perps of an assassination attempt on the VP, just sayen.
After over 50 years of studying Civil (Uncivil) War history, it is my deep regret, that this is my first time to hear of this great man!
I really love this story about Henry ' dad" Brown.what a lovely man.
THIS MAN IS A HERO, BUT I BET 99.9% OF AMERICANS NEVER HEARD OF HIM. NEW HERE REALLY ENJOYED IT.
Well done.perhaps you might do a show on Mary Green.she was the original Aunt Jemima.She was an extraordinary woman and very well loved and very wealthy.
It seems Lost Causers can't differentiate between being a soldier and helping out in camp
You are fully clueless if you think civil war drummers were just helping out in camp. This was a free black man who joined the army of his own accord because as a land and business owner, he had a vested interest. Perhaps, given your obvious propensity to not fully grasp the reality of what you opine on, don’t understand the concept of free will. Luckily your efforts to diminish this black man’s accomplishments in life only serve to feed the algorithm, further cementing the legacy of his resolve to live by a path he determined for himself. I guess you are determined to talk down a black man’s accomplishments whenever you get the chance. So you talk down a black man’s life, his choices, and accomplishments and then keep a straight face while you call the historians who purvey documented history Lost causers, lol.
Beautiful history story👍. Thanks for sharing this. !!
Just another feeble attempt by the Lost Cause crowd to get the South on the right side of history.
@@coogrfan Unfortunately the only right side accepted by the masses is always the side that won the war and that applies to every war . The Civil war was a very complex war that actually began in the political system at the time .
what's the music in the beginning called?
Came here just to read the comments…. Interesting how many people look back at history using the prism of todays views.
There was an author that wrote a book talking about black fighting for the south. It was a write up on the ATL Journal Constitution in the 90's
I really liked the bio on Henry "Dad" Brown. However, I have to mention that in all three wars, Brown was a drummer while everyone else was an armed combatant. Article 46, Section 1399 of the Confederate Army Regulations made it clear that only white men could enlist as soldiers, and this did not change until an Act of Congress in March 1865. Section 1402 of the Army Regulations allowed minors as young as 12, and enslaved people, to enlist as Musicians with the permission of their guardians (for minors) or masters (for slaves). Brown was an Army Civilian, which is a category of personnel, and he did see a lot of battles, but he was NOT a soldier and not on equal footing with the white soldiers in his company. When you look at it that way, it really makes the story A LOT less glamorous :-/
Just a note, war is never glamorous, let alone when referring to a guy who marched as the battle drummer on the literal front lines of what were the most bloody battles of the Civil War. Only a musician…. Laughable… you do understand how the civil war was fought right? This wasn’t the deck of the titanic, it was bloody, horrific, close range, at times hand to hand combat. In fact I think you’ll find the historical record to show the youngest soldier killed in the civil war was in fact a drummer, convenient they call him a soldier, yes. Google it, his name was William Black.
You can attempt to diminish this man, his accomplishments and convictions to your hearts content, at the end of the day it will be fruitless. Those who knew him documented their feelings and sentiments regarding him, he and his colleagues documented at least one instance of him taking up arms to battle, if you have a document stating otherwise about him specifically, I’d be glad to view it. The fact is however, there are still comments made to this day from modern members of what was his community on this video about how he is still championed for his convictions. You see, the larger picture here is that each man is independent of his fellow man. This man in particular was a business and land owner in the south, a free black man who had a vested interest in the preserving his homeland. I think you will find that historically, just as today, the sentiments, thoughts and intentions of the individual differ greatly from those in a position of political power and as individuals we choose our own fate. Henry Brown chose his very clearly
@@BirdDogg Yeah all that Hallmark greeting card stuff about his friends and family and his personal convictions in his heart is really nice. I respect him deeply for carving a niche for himself in a society where the deck was stacked against him. Now, let's stick to primary sources and not greeting card mumbo jumbo. So... would you care to address Section 1399 of the Confederate Army Regulations?
You're the only person in this comments section with a brain
Awesome video
look we had like 12 black soldiers and some slave owners were "nice" so that excuses everything else?
By everything else what exactly are you referring to? The more than half of the confederate army that was conscripted into service under the threat of death? Was it the millions of northerners who benefited from slavery? Maybe you’re referring to the northern states that paid the taxes to keep their slaves after the emancipation proclamation. Or possibly that the highest number of racially motivated hate crimes in modern times occur in New York and California? Specifics would go a long way towards answering your query.
@@BirdDogg none of the above. was talking about the all that the confederacy did. starting a whole war over slavery.
@@ryank9782 Ok so you were asking if that excused one thing, not everything, one thing that isn’t really the full context of why the war started. So many speak to the outcome without the full context or understanding of the cause. Let me turn this back for a second. Did freeing the slaves excuse every mistreatment that followed for the black race by a then reunited country of whites? Is that their get out of jail card now(in a relevant time instead of wanting to excuse dead people?) What’s their excuse? Another tid-bit, if the south would have won, things may have been better now for the black race. Not because slavery would have continued, but rather because the president of the confederacy Jefferson Davis had a plan to free the slaves, but only after educating them. Not only did he practice this, he preached it. Every slave he owned was college educated by professors he brought on the farm, teaching them to be doctors, lawyers, judges. He then let them dole out and decide the punishment if someone stole, ran away etc. And guess your little heart who comprised the entirety of the first all black town after the war??? That’s right, Jefferson Davis’ slaves started the very first all black town with judges, lawyers, doctors, bankers, book keepers, all educated at the expense of the president of the confederacy….. Now here’s a Lincoln quote for you , “If I could save the union without freeing any slaves I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that.” Lincoln didn’t care about the slaves, nor did the Yankees. Dollars and cents, dollars and cents.
@@BirdDogg so no just word salad. and what about what about. nice try. also way to assume a lot. and do you know where that Lincoln quote even came from? i am not championing the north like you are the south. its ok its over now. also any source for any of that jefferson davis stuff?
@@ryank9782 So wait… I’m not championing the south, I’m sharing real history… Do I even know ?? 🤣🤣🤣 Yeah I know, and I know the full context, what does that have to do with the historical fact. Dear lord, look through my content, there are over 500 videos about the civil war. Maybe start with the real audio interviews with slaves about the atrocities of slavery, then move on to the interview with Jefferson Davis’s slave. How many volumes of the OR have you read? Do you even know what the OR is? Or are all your civil war facts from Wikipedia? Try personal accounts, diaries etc. Your initial post was defaming the south… Eat all the salad you like, I’m a meat and potatoes guy.
I'm glad to see videos like this, because every time I tell people that there were black Confederate soldiers, I am shot down. Everyone claims that there were never any black Confederate soldiers, because the Civil War was fought over slavery: which is non-sense. Slavery was over by the time the war started. But, that in itself, is a discussion that should be left for another day. My own great-grandfather joined the Union Army at age 15. He fought his first battle at age 16. He wrote his parents a letter stating that nobody wanted the fight the black Confederate soldiers, because, in his words, they were deadly accurate in their shooting. I owned the letter until 2007.
Rest in peace, Henry
State Rights , end abortion
The war was a Secessionist movement, not a true Civil War, as they had in Spain in the 1930s, where both factions vie for control of the central government.
"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith!" Can't wait to hear this Patriots stories.
Deo Vindice
Thus to tyrants
Men of Henry "Dad" Brown's caliber are very few and far between. We'd be a poorer World indeed without men like him. Rest In Peace, Sir.🫡🫡🫡
Thanks for bringing true history to light. Wander what dear Mr. Brown would think of the confederate monuments and flags being torn down.
I look forward to your videos all the time keep up the great work
I've seen the fable about Forrest's "black soldiers" in his escort company referred to quite often. No-one (as far as I know) has been able to produce any evidence to authenticate it. Forrest took slaves with him on campaign, but they were teamsters and emphatically not soldiers.
Awesome vid brother
If you were a slave at that time and a Confederate Officer told you to fire on the Union, you fired on the Union. Not that you wanted to do it. You had no choice but do it. You were a slave in the south. You had no choice but obey or be tortured to death as usual. What’s hard about that to understand? 🤦🏿♀️.
You might want to look at official pension records, Virginia’s for example.
Fascinating!
Your a good man Henry Brown, God bless your soul.
Yes! Thank you for sharing!
A lot of people don't know this , but Hitler had many Jewish soldiers on his side in WW2
Thank you for sharing
I completely agree with you about understanding the differences in government and individual motivations. Sometimes those motivations are the same and sometimes vastly different. We should also not misconstrue rare examples of black men to represent a government and society that very much opposed their participation and which most wanted to escape. The myth of significant numbers of black soldiers is just that, a myth.
You might find the video on here confederates of color before and after the emancipation proclamation interesting
@@brucebostick2521 Indeed. When I was a young boy, I too had very naive notions about the Civil War. I loved Lee and played Civil War at recess. I had notions that slavery had something to do with it, but mostly I just loved playing army. I still love military history. If you saw my home office,you would see Lee, along with Grant, Lincoln (my favorite), Chamberlain, the Iron Brigade, and lots more. History is one thing, but I think a lot of those who say "my history, my heritage" want to maintain that squeaky clean, whitewashed, and naive version of history they had when they were children. They rebel against seeing their childhood heroes questioned and tarnished. What they fail to see is that the Civil War was not like the marble man Lee and a time of chivalry they imagine. It was more like John Wilkes Booth, bloody Kansas, Sherman's march to the sea, the pillaging of Fredericksburg, the burning of Chambersburg, PA, the massacre of black soldiers at Ft Pillow, and Andersonville. It was not pretty. Its real legacy was not reenactors playing soldier. Its real legacy was 100 years of black citizens still fighting for legal equality. They want it sanitized. There is also a more dangerous group that longs for a rebellion against a nation they still somewhat despise.
Great video!…Thanks for making it
What a confused man...
How so? He was a known and respected business and land owner in his community, why would he not attempt to protect that community? A community who revered him and went on to elect him into public office? Or were you simply referring to yourself as confused?
@@BirdDogg He was upholding the system of slavery, simply out of fear for his community.
@@NulledSeries It’s a shame that you would diminish the accomplishments of a black man’s success in a far different time and world with your self contrived perceptions rather than championing him and his successes as his community has for more than 160 years now. My perception would tell me you live in the north where perceptions of southern culture are skewed by the fact that the highest number of racist hate crimes occur in New York and California. I guess if you live surrounded by racists it would be easy to start to take on their attributes and subconsciously diminish people of color who fall outside your perceptions that the world is void of nuance, pure shades of black and white. In fact, the world is a shade of gray, filled with subtle nuances that the uninformed would skim over in their lust to appear righteous in their indignant judgements. Alas, history shall judge you and this society as a whole as well, one can only wonder, will you be deemed one of those who imprisoned immigrants and separated children from their families? Possibly as one who bombed innocent women and children in your lust for world dominance? Will it be as simple as being one of those who destroyed the planet for future generations just to appease your consumer greed? Who will your children’s children pay reparations to for your deeds? Without nuance we are all fodder for armchair “historians.” Only time will tell your designated sins I suppose.
@@NulledSeries This is absolute ignorance on your part. Your pasteurized education has made you a mindless repeater of incorrect facts by the winners pov. Just as the US is justified in their warcrimes in .... pick a war.
I really enjoy these