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Why did many soldiers call the civil war a rich mans war but a poor mans fight?
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∙ 11y ago
Rich men could pay a man to take their place in the draft. Therefore poor men fought in a rich man's place.
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Why did poor southern whites call the civil war a rich mans war?
Because the Confederacy had a law that anyone owning a certain number of slaves could be sent home; therefore the men/boys who weren't rich enough to live on plantations and such had to fight in part to preserve the way of life favored by those better off. The Southern foot soldiers referred to it as "rich man's war, poor man's fight".
Why did some people call the civil war a rich man war and a poor mans fight?
Because men in the war would go door to door taking people and drafting them into the war but you didn't have to go if you gave them $300 right then and there so all of the poor men had to go and fight
Why did people in the south refer the civil war as rich mans war and poor mans fight?
People in the South referred to the Civil War as "The rich mans' war and the poor mans' fight" because the North [the rich men] due to the industrial revolution had more money and you tactics and weapons one might use in a major war. While the South [the poor men] were still economically based through agriculture and did not have the extra money the North had because they stayed that way and did not industrialised the South had to use more common weapons and different tactics to match up with the weapons they had to use.
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