Talk:Slavery during the American Civil War

Most of the references under Blacks in the Confederate Army make no mention of what the sentence contains. For example, the first two footnotes (pointing to pages at Americancivilwar.com) make no mention whatsoever about Blacks in the Confederate Army. The text here states that "More than 65,000 southern blacks participated in the Confederate army as soldiers" and points to "History of Colored Troops in the American Civil War". Americancivilwar.com. Retrieved 2012-05-27, yet that webpage makes no mention at all of Blacks in the Confederate army let alone a reference to "65,000". Likewise, the supposed quote by Douglass is cited as "Blacks in the Civil War, Black History and the Civil War". 37thtexas.org. Retrieved 2012-05-27, but that page not only doesn't mention Douglass but it doesn't say anything about Blacks in the Confederacy at all.

Overall, this section appears to be entirely dishonesty. I recommend deleting the unsupported portions unless someone can come up with proper citations that actually support these assertions.