Mr. Smith at American University puts the number of black rebels "actually shooting people" at 30,000. Billbears how could there be 30,000 black rebels in the firing line when there were fewer than 16,000 free black males of military age in the entire confederacy? Did each of them enlist twice?
Who said they had to be free? There were many slaves that (and I know this is going to be a little too much for Walt, he might have a coronary)
WILLINGLY fought for the South and for their masters many of who they considered almost as family, that is if you believe Tocqueville and the Slave Narratives. BTW, just finished rereading the As, Cs, and some of the Es of those and would you believe it? About 60/40 for the South. Somebody better tell those folks up in Washington they hadn't sanitized those for public reading. How dare former slaves wish for the days of the Confederacy!! It might start folks asking questions about the true reasons of the War.
Look to Fort Mill, SC(among other locations) and the monument dedicated by Confederate Veterans for the slaves that served with honor