(June 24, 2015 at 5:06 am)abaris Wrote:(June 24, 2015 at 1:18 am)Parkers Tan Wrote: Nonsense. They were Confederate soldiers, not American. Simply because they were born in America doesn't make them American soldiers.
Parker, do you realize you're playing the no true scotsman card?
They were Americans before and - if they survived - after the events. And in between it's also up for debate, since they certainly understood themselves as Americans, just not as members of the Union.
If I were to enlist in the Bundeswehr, would I be an American soldier? Or a German soldier?
I would be an American by birth, but as a soldier, I would be German, insofar as that country was the object of my loyalty and discipline. When I say that they weren't American soldiers, it's pointing up that they weren't under American orders, and obviously were not fighting for the United States.
