and to think, if the south had had the foresight to use the blacks as soldiers instead of slave labor, they might have even won.
Instead they didn’t want to see blacks as equals and instead decided to go at it despite a very large numerical disadvantage.
Fact: Outnumbered, the CS Army contracted thousands of black laborer to build fortifications; especially around Atalanta and Richmond. Cooks, musicians, ambulance drivers were almost all black. So when you read the south had 45K troops and the north had 60k troop at some battle, in reality the south probably had close to parity when you add in support from blacks in logistical roles.