Real Son Joe Sarter

Mr. Sarter holding his father's Confederate sword at his father's headstone dedication.

Mr. Sarter holding his father’s Confederate sword at his father’s CSA headstone dedication.

Were their black confederates? Absolutely! They had children and descendants. Some are still alive today. Read about what the SCV calls a “Real Son” in this newspaper clipping stored in PDF.

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"To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we will commit the vindication of the cause for which we fought. To your strength will be given the defense of the Confederate soldier's good name, the guardianship of his history, the emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of those principles which he loved and which you love also, and those ideals which made him glorious and which you also cherish."

Lt. General Stephen Dill Lee,
Commander General,
United Confederate Veterans,
New Orleans, Louisiana, April 25, 1906.

"If the South should lose, it means that the history of the heroic struggle will be written by the enemy, that our youth will be trained by Northern school teachers, will be impressed by all of the influences of history and education to regard our gallant dead as traitors and our maimed veterans as fit subjects for derision."

-- Major General Patrick Cleburne