["If you say there was no controversy about arming blacks as fighting soldiers then I guess it was a non-issue, and the CSA already had all the fighting men they needed to win. Thanks for clearing it up."]

I'm not sure but I seem to remember reading more reports of the lack of supplies than the lack of men. You can have a million men but if they have no ammunition, food or clothing, can they sustain the energy it takes to move on foot, fight and then move again? Woulda been nice if Gatorade were invented then. That's a Southern product that would have been very usefull.

Pam