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To: BroJoeK
the number of blacks who shouldered arms for the Confederacy was circa 5,000 max 10,000

And that's 5,000 to 10,000 percent more than you revisionists Yankees usually admit to.

128 posted on 01/20/2016 1:38:13 PM PST by cowboyway (We're not going to be able to vote our way out of this mess.)
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To: cowboyway
cowboyway: "And that's 5,000 to 10,000 percent more than you revisionists Yankees usually admit to."

Those numbers came from a readily available google link.
The source does not appear to me as pro-Confederate propaganda, so I have no reason to dispute it.

However, the important point to grasp here, as illustrated by the quote in post #84, is that these were virtually all slaves -- forced to serve at gun-point.
Tens of thousands were support workers -- cooking, cleaning, setting up camps, building fortifications, driving supply wagons, etc.
And smaller numbers of slaves were forced to stand and fight.

155 posted on 01/21/2016 5:55:11 AM PST by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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