Jed,

Thanks for the song.
It reads well. I'm sorry I don't know the tune.

We need more songs like this that teach this history while they entertain.

Also, I found your comments interesting. This subject is certainly deserving of more study. For instance, I had never heard of Patrick Cleburn and the effort of others to interest the South in having Black Confederate troops.

But since I'm a product of USA public schools in the 1950s and the 1960s, this is probably not surprising. Buy I dare say, very little time is given to the study of the Civil War in public [and private?} nowadays.

Unfortunately, thanks to USA federal policies, teachers in my city anyway have to spend so much time teaching for the test, that there is little time for in depth discussions about history and current events.
[this information comes from the number of teachers I know in Pittsburgh, PA]

Again, thank you, Jed for your sharing your creativity with us.

Azizi