In Ken Burns' The Civil War there is a scene in which noted historian Shelby Foote relates the story of some union soldiers who later in the war captured a bedraggled rebel and, since it was obvious that he was not from the slave-holder class asked him "what are you fighting for?" The reb answered, "I'm fighting 'cause you're down here."
This book
http://blogs.roanoke.com/backcover/2011/...any-aytch/
written by Confederate private, Sam Watkins, explains that he thought the south had the right to secede and that he was fighting for his country. It has been many years since I read it but it is a great story of war from the eyes of a grunt. And the class nature of southern society is well understood and condemned.
This book
http://blogs.roanoke.com/backcover/2011/...any-aytch/
written by Confederate private, Sam Watkins, explains that he thought the south had the right to secede and that he was fighting for his country. It has been many years since I read it but it is a great story of war from the eyes of a grunt. And the class nature of southern society is well understood and condemned.
