General Lee
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This will be no doubt an interesting debate and I will introduce evidence like quotes or cite from other sources rather than putting everything into a large essay on here but I will first state what I think and a quote then we'll see where the tide takes us. First what is a Black Confederate ? to me it's commonly considered a soldier or someone of color who preformed a military function or service. Now this is where it gets complicated its when in many cases Black men in roles such as a cook or teamster end up fighting in accounts I've read but knowing how many did that is the hard part. Then there were people who were known as body servants who would accompany a master or family member and end up fighting as well. Then there were indeed Black men recruited to fight or groups of them who offered their services and did fight or form units or some who in accounts were in smaller groups or alone fighting. There were those who distinguished themselves like Holt Collier a Black Confederate sharpshooter from Mississippi and Horace King recognized as the Bridge builder of the Confederacy. Now for the quote: “There are at the present moment, many colored men in the Confederate Army doing duty not only as cooks, servants, and laborers, but as real soldiers, having muskets on their shoulders and bullets in their pockets, ready to shoot down loyal troops and do all that soldiers may do to destroy the Federal government and build up that of the traitors and rebels. (Fredrick Douglass)