One of the latest Confederate monument fights is currently brewing in South Carolina.  State Representatives Bill Chumley and Mike Burns have proposed erecting a monument to Black Confederate soldiers.  The problem, of course, is that there were no Black Confederate soldiers. The Confederate government refused to allow Blacks to enlist until March 1865, when, desperate for manpower, the Confederate Congress passed a law allowing African Americans to serve in combat roles. Even with the war nearly lost, this move was extremely controversial, as it flew in the face of Confederate racial ideology. “In my opinion, the worst calamity that could Read more