Those groups had no significant role in either war but get mentioned at all
in those contexts to make the NEA and the PBS/PC academic crowd happy (unless
you consider being massacred at the Crater significant).
By the way, do you know why your apparent hero of Fort Monroe Beast Butler
acquired the nickname "spoons".
J South
In a message dated 10/24/2008 10:09:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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both the blacks and
the Indians particited, on both sides of both the Revolutionary and Civil
wars. And not just carrying water.
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