"There is little hazard in predicting that in all localities where the enemy have a temporary foothold, the Negroes, who under our care increased sixfold ... will have been reduced by mortality during the war to no more than one-half their previous number." Jefferson Davis
If you blue bellies cared so much for the slave ?
Speaking of Jefferson Davis, did you know he had an adopted black child living in the confederate white house? In 1864, when Mrs. Davis was returning home in Richmond, she saw a black boy being beaten by a black man. Outraged, she immediately put an end to the beating and had the boy come with her in her carriage. He was cared for by Mrs. Davis and her staff. They gave him clothes belonging to the Davises’ son, Joe, since the boys were of similar age. He said his name was Jim Limber.
Jim was with the Davises when they were forced to abandon Richmond before the Union Army captured the city in April 1865. When the Davises were captured by Union forces in Irwinville, Georgia, on May 15, Jim was separated from them (kicking and screaming). Mrs. Davis often tried to find him after the war, but the family never could find out what had been done with him and where he was.
Such a sad story...
Exaggeration? He made the prediction but what evidence was there that it became true? It would mean that half the slaves liberated by Union forces would have died. I'm not aware of anything that would support that.