To fight for what they believed in.
a number of Southern West Point graduates sided with the Confederate cause and left the Union Army. I believe General Robet E. Lee join the confederate cause.............
maybe No,because they thought the slaves would beat them,not the Union.
During wartime countries can (and do) require able bodied men that are old enough to serve in their military, This was done by both the Confederate and Union governments. It is called conscription, or being drafted.
Jasper joined the confederate army in 1861.
the union armies
he believed in the confederacy (the rights of southern states) and secession from the union
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As the start of the US Civil War unfolded a number of Union army officers decide to resign and join the new Confederate army. Approximately 296 joined and many had been excellent Union officers.
Some simply escaped to South to join the Union Army. Others would find ways to communicate with the Union Army to pass along information about the Confederate Army, such as troop numbers and positions.
they got killed!
Jasper told the recruiters he was 17 years old in order to join the Confederate Army in "Twilight."
In 1862, Congress passed a law to allow African Americans to join the Union Army.