The question is what are the facts? The fact is that they were "Home Guard" under the command of the Governor of the State of Louisiana and as such were just as much a soldiers as any other White Home Guard or Militia units of the day.
The argument of whether or not the Louisiana Native Guards were "Confederate" or not until they were called up by the Confederate Government, is like telling a Louisiana National Guardsman today that he is not a "real" soldier until he is called up to active duty and sent to Iraq.