[ravinson]

The article refers to the 90,000 black confederate soldiers.

And by 'soldiers", they of course mean slaves were forced to accompany their masters in harm's way.

[ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY]

"...by 'soldiers", they of course mean slaves..."


WRONG!!
They were FREE men.

People who don't study history may find it remarkable that there were free blacks living in the South; but there were. Furthermore, some slaves were owned by "persons of color" (as the title documents record.)

BTW, only 12% of white southerners owned slaves.

[stand watie]

YES, there were SOME slaves who went to war with their owners (btw, SOME of those owners were BLACK men!), but at least 100,000 FREE "men of colour" (and NOT a few Black women!)VOLUNTEERED to fight for dixie FREEDOM.

slaves, accompanying their owners, were NOT members of the forces, as they were not free to take the Oath of Enlistment.

free dixie,sw