Shelby Foote was not a trained historian and much of his "history" is based on second- or third-hand accounts that would not stand up to professional standards
he also, when asked, said that Black people didn't deserve reparations because they had already gotten them through crime
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Nearly 180,000 Black men served in the Union Army. Another 19,000 in the Navy. Black soldiers accounted for roughly 10% of Union military deaths. A large portion of each were formerly enslaved.
I imagine they gave a damn about slavery.
