| Little
is known about the black men, women and children
who fought for the Confederacy during those
four turbulent years (1861- 1865). This documentary
discusses the loyalty of the free men of color
and slaves who labored for the southern cause,
Northern abolitionist Frederick Douglass who
tried to convince Abraham Lincoln to use Black
troops at the start of the war, Confederate
President Jefferson Davis who knew the necessity
of using blacks from the start, and the heart-warming
story of the Chandler Boys - friends who fought
during the war, one black, one white, yet both
true Confederates.Director Stan Armstrong researched
his family history from the tales told by his
parents of a white ancestor who was a Confederate
Captain in a Louisiana Regiment and took his
mulatto son into battle with him as a body servant.
Hence, Armstrong's interest in the unsung heroes
of the Civil War was born.
(Pre
orders in September)
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