Here in Orlando, for years the PIO of the Sons of the Confederacy was a local Black dentist.
Uncomfortable truths.
1. At start of Civil War, there were more Freemen in US than slaves.
2. Black Confederate officers commanded both Black and White troops in Civil War.
1. At start of Civil War, there were more Freemen in US than slaves.
2. Black Confederate officers commanded both Black and White troops in Civil War.
If they were true, they might be uncomfortable.
Unfortunately those are lies -- and very comfortable ones for some people.
1) In 1860, there were about one half-million free Black people in the US and almost four million slaves.
2) Where's your evidence? Some people count African Americans who did work for the Confederate Army as troops. That may or may not be legitimate. But where are these "Black Confederate officers" commanding Black, let alone White troops?
Sorry. To the best of knowledge (and its pretty good...) there were no black officers in the Confederate regular army. There might have been black “officers” among irregulars, though.
Dunno ‘bout the freemen part, but I don’t think its likely. There were freemen who owned slaves, though. I suppose if a black freeman (and some of ‘em were probably rich enough to do so...) had raised a regiment, he and his officers would have been black or mulatto.