"Fairly Respected Writer" and the Grossest of Neo-Confederate Propaganda
In the right-wing revisionist history preferred by the Republican Tea Party nitwits (includes Virginia's Governor), the Civil War was not fought over slavery but about states rights. Got it. You have to wonder which one of these fools chose a 4th grade history text written by Cub Scout den mother for Virginia school children that channels that Tea Party line by claiming that thousands of black soldiers fought under Stonewall Jackson to preserve the Confederacy. Her former exploits into publishing include bestsellers like "Oh Yikes: History's Grossest Moments." From WaPo:
By Kevin Sieff
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 20, 2010; 12:53 AM
A textbook distributed to Virginia fourth-graders says that thousands of African Americans fought for the South during the Civil War -- a claim rejected by most historians but often made by groups