[central_va]

Many blacks served in the CS Army as cooks, medical, engineers( entrenching and fortifications), teamsters and black smiths. Some even fought with the troops.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Black slaves were impressed to perform tasks for the CSA, and some officers brought servants from home. The blacks involved identified for the most part with the Southern home, and were not necessarily Union sympathizers. Towards the end of the War the Confederate Government, offered slaves the opportunity with a promise of manumission after the War, and black units were formed.