Another Black Confederate

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ANOTHER black Confederate in the United Confederate Veterans (UCV) Parade Memphis, Tennessee June 1909

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Gus Brown, former slave and proud black confederate.

"I remember Stonewall Jackson. He was a big man with long whiskers, and very brave. We all fought wid him until his death.

"We all could er whipped dat fight easy enough", "ef we jes had the Yankees demselves ter fight, but when dy went out en picked up Irishmen en Dutchmen en dingoes en Cubians en all de other nations ter help'em, dey wuz too many fer us, en das whut I tole Gineral Lee one day". Gus Brown, Alabama, (from the Slave Narratives)