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"And Cleburne ruined any chance he ever had of promotion by supporting his plan. It was also bitterly opposed by the overwhelming majority of his contemporaries. "

Absolutely untrue ! Robert E. Lee and Pierre G. T. Beauregard entertained the arguments but foresaw practical problems such as the supply shortages for white troops already mustered.

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Absolutely untrue ! Robert E. Lee and Pierre G. T. Beauregard entertained the arguments but foresaw practical problems such as the supply shortages for white troops already mustered.

Cleburne's plan never went anywhere so we'll never know that for sure. Lee did endorse, reluctantly, the plan to use black combat troops that went to the confederate congress in December 1864. It was March of 1865 before the bill passed. I'm not aware that Beuregard ever endorsed black combat troops.