There were also non-white Hispanic Confederates. A book on the subject (description here) lists several diverse groups of Hispanics that fought for the Confederacy, including mulattos, mestizos, Filipinos, etc. There may be more information online, a number of hits popped up; you may find more on the scv.org (Sons of Confederate Veterans) site.
1) Yes, there was a bit of a class difference. Not quite like they had in England, but one existed. Try a search using "antebellum southern society" + "southern gentleman". That seems to turn up good results.
2) Not sure about the years, but I do know that both blacks and native americans fought for the South at some point or another. Do a search for "black confederate soldiers" and one for "native american confederate soldiers". Both of these also seem to turn up lots of good results.
I found this at Amazon.com. If you can get past the horrible wall o'text of the first review it seems like a good synopsis of the Confederate slave-soldier issue from what I would consider a fairly reliable source
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I'm reading a book right now called The Slaves' War, it's basically an oral history of the Civil War from their side. Its primary sources are the interviews that were conducted with elderly blacks during the New Deal. I highly recommend it purely as reading, especially if you're writing on the subject, however a quick check on it right this moment shows this
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2) Not sure about the years, but I do know that both blacks and native americans fought for the South at some point or another. Do a search for "black confederate soldiers" and one for "native american confederate soldiers". Both of these also seem to turn up lots of good results.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_cavalry
The South did not start organizing black troops until mid-1865 and the South lost before any of them saw action.
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