Steve Bellovin on Nostr: Fascinating article about Southerners who fought for the Union during the Civil War: ...
Fascinating article about Southerners who fought for the Union during the Civil War:
https://wapo.st/3viy0jk (gift link). Example: the 1st Alabama regiment (which was one of the few integrated regiments in the US Army) was one of Gen. Sherman's leading units, and in fact was his personal escort. And: its story was apparently deliberately suppressed in favor of the "lost cause" narrative, which had its "intellectual" roots at Columbia Univ., where I'm on the faculty (and once attended)
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