Black Confederates redux

Ray O'Hara

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Oct 20, 2010, 8:54:19 PM10/20/10

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A Virgina 4th grade history text book makes the claim, including 2
battalions of black troops under Stonewall Jackson
the book's author got the info from the SCV website.

slotrot

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Oct 21, 2010, 5:18:11 AM10/21/10

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And there are those who believe your president wasn't born in the
U.S.

Ray O'Hara

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Oct 21, 2010, 11:40:07 AM10/21/10

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it's the same crowd.

slotrot

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Oct 21, 2010, 8:58:47 PM10/21/10

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On Oct 21, 11:40 am, "Ray O'Hara" <raymond-oh...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> it's the same crowd.

No doubt!

Hugh Lawson

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Oct 30, 2010, 3:51:23 PM10/30/10

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The "Virginia . . . history text book" was published by Five Ponds
Press, acc. to this page located in Weston, CT.

http://www.fivepondspress.com/

Is that an error?

The author is Joy Masoff, who acc. to this web page lives in
Westchester, NY.

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=326

Acc. to this page, it was William & Mary (Williamsburg, VA) professor
Carol Sheriff who called attention to the error.

http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/132820.html

HL

Ray O'Hara

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Oct 30, 2010, 10:28:39 PM10/30/10

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and only bought by Virginia and made to Virginia's standards.

you are a closet Lost Causer Hugh.
you always try to absolve the south and blame others.

sorry, that doesn't play anymore.

slotrot

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Oct 31, 2010, 8:19:28 AM10/31/10

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On Oct 30, 10:28 pm, "Ray O'Hara" <raymond-oh...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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How many black Confederate troops were surrrendered with Lee?

Ray O'Hara

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Oct 31, 2010, 10:21:03 AM10/31/10

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all of them

slotrot

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Oct 31, 2010, 1:57:06 PM10/31/10

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On Oct 31, 10:21 am, "Ray O'Hara" <raymond-oh...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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So Ray, you are saying there were in fact black confederate troops?

How many is "all"? In fact there were none. They weren't troops,
they were teamsters, cooks,, etc, but not troops.

Hugh Lawson

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Oct 31, 2010, 5:07:44 PM10/31/10

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The only reason you know about the error, originally made by a
Connecticut publisher and a New York author, is that a Wm & Mary
prof. found it, reported it, and the schoolbook authorities acted
appropriately on it.

Your sectionalism is showing Ray.

HL

Ray O'Hara

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Nov 2, 2010, 2:39:51 PM11/2/10

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it was a book made to Va standards. where the publishing house is
irrelevent.

Hugh Lawson

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Nov 2, 2010, 7:05:25 PM11/2/10

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"Ray O'Hara" <raymon...@hotmail.com> writes:

> it was a book made to Va standards. where the publishing house is
> irrelevent.

This fails to meet the minimal standards for serious consideration.

HL