There might not have been a specific space for race on CSA enlistment records... perhaps it was assumedall were white. but every descriptive list in the north had eye and hair and complexion spaces to be filled out. maybe it was as simple as that... but...
This isn't my supposed "yankee" spin and twisting of the facts, and "making things up". Once again, this is coming from Southern sources themselves apparantly, the CSA supporters here seem to be suggesting that more actually served than we know of but that their race wasn't always blacks disclosed for political reasons.... as is what seems to be what some are suggesting here... IF this is true, that it was a 19th century DADT, then one can only conclude that...
If CSA military commanders in the field, used blacks as soldiers, and had TO DELIBERATELY HIDE THAT FACT from the politicians in power in Richmond by deliberate omissions in their paperwork, in a type of DADT, it means there was widespread mistrust between the military and the politicians, and that the military had to do things behind the backs of the politicians, and knew it would be a problem if disclosed. That really presents a problem I think. Why would the military have to hide what they were doing, if it was a "no-problemo" issue and if they did because they knew it was necessary to hide, what does that reveal about the state of affairs between the military and the government?