"The South took the initiative in employing Negroes as soldiers, but they were free Negroes, and many of them owned large interests in Louisiana and South Carolina."
George W. Williams, A History of the Negro Troops in the War of the Rebellion. Harper & Bros, 1888, p. 81 quoted by Dr. H.C. Blackerby, Blacks in Blue and Gray, 1979, p. 5
In what units?