Contrary to 'popular' opinion that African-American men only fought in the War of Northern Aggression wearing Yankee Blue. More fought wearing Gray (officers) and Butternut Brown (enlisted). Note the date of the photo above ... from the outset the Confederate Army had entire units of African-Americans as well as intermixed units. African-American units in the Confederate Army had African-American officers and were front line units from the beginning whereas the Yankee Army's "Colored" units were only formed late in the war and initially only as 'engineering' and 'mess' (cookhouse) units. Do not get it wrong .... the Confederate Army had their engineering and mess units as well although those tended to be intermixed units. Then there were the 'special ops' units of the day ...
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