[mac_truck]

...blacks also fought against the north.

There were blacks in service to the confederate army, but there weren't any black confederate soldiers. The blacks that served the confederacy were either slaves or servants and they certainly were never given the status of soldiers or issued weapons. That is why the revisonist literature you read just calls them "black confederates" , and says things like blacks "marched with" or "alongside" the boys in Grey or some such nonsense. Its all part of the same myth you've been fed your whole life.

[swmobuffalo]

Perhaps it may be you that has been fed a myth your whole life regarding black confederate soldiers.

This site should revamp your education a touch.

http://blackconfederatesoldiers.com/

start with the official records tab

[goat granny]

Sorry mac, I have seen old photo's of slaves with guns. But you are right in that all the officers were white...perhaps that's just part of the myth you have been fed..Also it was a perfect time for them to desert if they wanted to and some probably did, but don't forget, they had families living in the south and considered that there home.They were not necessarily fighting for the south but for their family's...on many plantations families were kept together, don't mistake this for my saying all were kept together. And also in the south, some were given their freedom when the owner of the plantation passed away... Many made their way north via the underground railroad that ran all the way up to Canada.

Some made it to the west and many don't believe that there were black cowboys either....but there was....