It has been estimated that over 65,000 free blacks where in the Confederate Ranks. Over 13,000 of these, "saw the elepant" also known as meeting the enemy in Combat
Dr. Leonard Haynes a African-American history professor at Souththern University has stated, When you elminate the Black Confederate Solider you've elminated the History of the South.
otoh, "the DY coven" is divided into 4 groups:
1. the Minister of DAMNyankee Propaganda = N-S (ONLY he has BOTH a functioning brain AND a sound education),
2. the clueLESS/arrogantly IGNORANT,
3. the DISHONEST, who have learned the truth, but LIE about what they KNOW is factual AND
4. ONE outright BIGOT.
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So now we're down to 65,000? Regardless, if you look at the 1860 census data, available Here, you will see that there were at best fewer than 23,000 free black males of military age in the entire south. So I'll ask you, did each of them enlist twice?
Welcome to FR. The way you cut and paste right from the SCV FAQ page, I'm sure you'll fit right in here....