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I read an alternate history story recently called "The Black and the Gray". It was a good story, but I found the leap just too far for me to make. If you have never read the story, it deals with the publishing of General Patrick Cleburne's document calling for the freeing of the slaves and those freed slaves allowed to enlist in the Confederate armies. However, I just cannot see the story the way the author presented it, with fully integrated units fighting victoriously together. As I thought about it, should such a measure be approved to allow the enlistment of blacks into the Confederate Army, I was thinking that they be used in support roles, prison guards, and as garrison troops. The idea being to free up white troops for front line duty. There are a lot of smart people here, so I would like your feedback. This is my first thread so don't berate me too badly!