Amos Rucker—A Soldier Remembered
What is your community doing to commemorate the War Between the States Sesquicentennial-150th Anniversary “2011-2015?” See what the Georgia Division Sons of Confederate Veterans is doing at: War Between the States Sesquicentennial August 10th marks the 105th anniversary of the death of a Southern soldier who was a friend to many--Amos Rucker. Black Confederates, why haven't we heard more about them? "I don't want to call it a conspiracy to ignore the role of the Blacks, both above and below the Mason-Dixon Line, but it was definitely a tendency that began around 1910"---Ed Bearss, National Park Service Historian.- Sunday, August 8, 2010