A new definition of "volunteered," it seems.
in point of fact, Blacks could NOT be drafted. freemen COULD volunteer to serve. slaves could NOT serve in the forces as they were NOT ((obviously) free to take the Oath of Enlistment, though SOME (a few hundred) were contract laborers.
i KNOW it hurts you preconceived notions & anti-dixie PREJUDICES, but what i posted is FACT. furthermore the south had a FEW (it is estimated that the number was somewhere between 10-20)""other than white" officers" (they were elected by the members of the three, large, all-Black CSA units.), while the north had (surprise, surprise) NONE!
you really should read Blacks in Blue & Gray, by Professor H R Blackerby of Tuskegee University; you'd then LOOK smarter.
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