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They were fighting for their independence, just like their grandfathers in the Revolution.
Some went to war because it seemed a grand adventure, when the war was beginning. It had been generations since the last war on American soil and few knew of the horrors to come. They went because everybody else was going. Companies were raised in every county seat town, and men who did not go got few smiles from the girls. Some fought because the Yankees were invading the south, seeking to coerce the southern states back into the Union. After the spring of 1862 they fought because there was a draft law, conscription, that said they had to. They fought because their family, friends and neighbors were in the ranks beside them in the locally raised companies, and they wanted to be able to go back home after the war and not be ashamed.
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What did the south in the civil war fight for?
They felt like it.
When did President Lincoln call for volunteers to fight the South?
The Emancipation Proclamation declared that southern blacks could fight for the north.
Did North Carolina fight for the North or the South during the civil war?
The Confederate South.
Why might citizens in both the North and the South have been eager to fight in the Civil War?
Becuase they liked to fight
Who did the Yankees fight in the American Civil War?
The Confederates (South)
What was a common Civil War chant?
Rich man's war, poor man's fight
The Civil War was believed by many in both the North and the South to be?
"A rich man's war, but a poor man's fight."
Was the jacksonia era the era of the common man?
Yes, he represented the common man, for the most part in the south and west. He was opposed to high tariffs and he destroyed the national bank which was hated in the south
How could a southern soldier get out of the draft?
There was no draft in the south. A man could send a substitute to fight for him.
What can a common man can do to fight terrorism?
we should not see for the religion and fight against the terror
When was A Man Must Fight created?
A Man Must Fight was created in 1932.
Can ti fight?
Yes. The king of the South can fight.
Why was the Civil War considered everybody's war?
Because the North AND the South were drafted into the war.(The saying "a rich man's war and a poor man's fight"was also used because the South could not pay $300 to get out of the war like the Northerners could.)
Who will win a fight between mark and man man?
man man will win because he is fighting for his life and mark cant fight.
Did knights ever do labor or did they just fight?
Kinights were nobles so they lived and acted as nobles did. A common man could NOT be a knight.
Who wrote the qoute It takes a strong man to fight but a stronger man to not fight?
A coward.
Did the state of Texas fight for the North or the South?
The south.
