Phil, thanks for demonstrating the white man's ability to deny reality when it comes to white folks and how they behave about race. Phil wants us to believe black slaves fought and died to defend race based slavery. That is irrational on its face. We can talk about black slaves defending their white half brothers on the battlefield. But I don't think that is what you are talking about. BTW, I don't believe your numbers. There are more than 200,000 black Union troops documented. Many say that number is low. Some state militias were integrated and not counted.