For example, thousands of black Americans fought as Johnny Rebs. Dr. Lewis Steiner of the U.S. Sanitary Commission observed that while the Confederate army marched through Maryland during the 1862 Sharpsburg (Antietam) campaign, "over 3,000 negroes had arms, rifles, muskets, sabers, bowie knives, dirks, etc. And were manifestly an integral portion of the Southern Confederate Army."Thanks for the ping sir. Many of these brave men fought and some even died for the cause of Southern Independence. There are several monuments in the South testifying to their loyalty and bravery.
Slavery, was and still is today, a heinous subject. But the War wasn't over slavery and these brave men knew that
