'Black Confederates' enlisted and later dropped from rolls

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Of the FMC that enlisted in the CSA, the great majority just served out their term or until discharged for disability.
Only about 1 or 2% were discharged because of race.
 
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Tom said:
Beauregard trumps Colston.
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I imagine somewhere along the line in the past some colonel told some clerk: "I said to put him on the damn roll, I don't care what Richmond says".
 
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Tom said:
Of the FMC that enlisted in the CSA, the great majority just served out their term or until discharged for disability.
Only about 1 or 2% were discharged because of race.
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Evidence?
 
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Tom said:
Of the FMC that enlisted in the CSA, the great majority just served out their term or until discharged for disability.
Only about 1 or 2% were discharged because of race.
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since the CSA had at least the Sherokee Mounted Rifles, what percentage of the FMC were Native Americans (and therefore definitely not black)?
 
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"Only about 1 or 2% were discharged because of race."
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Evidence?
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I've collected about 1,000 records of fmc and a few slaves who were in CS service.
That's what the records show.
 
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Wehrkraftzersetzer said:
since the CSA had at least the Sherokee Mounted Rifles, what percentage of the FMC were Native Americans (and therefore definitely not black)?
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I suppose you could classify Native Americans as fmc but the term usually refers to someone of African descent.
 
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Tom said:
"Only about 1 or 2% were discharged because of race."

I've collected about 1,000 records of fmc and a few slaves who were in CS service.
That's what the records show.
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Not enlisted, but served?
 
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Tom said:
A good many are posted at that other board.
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Oh, you are referring to all those nonmilitary cooks 'enlisted' under the 1862 law.
 
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