(Editor's note: As one reader pointed out, some assert that blacks did serve to some capacity in the Confederate Army before 1865. While this story cannot be a complete history lesson nor is it intended to be an exhaustive article on blacks in the Civil War South, it is important to note that there are two sides to the story.)
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