Why did the volunteer civil war soldier want to go to war?

Answer 1

Well, they wanted to join the civil war because they might have felt a desire for adventure or to become a hero and everyone thought the war would be over in three months time. The boy(s) might have been drafted or might have felt peer presure since everyone else was joining up. Recruiting agents would visit churches and say it was God's will for them to fight. it makes them feel tough

Answer 2

There are many reasons. One of the biggest reasons was because many of the men and teens that it was their responsible to take up arms to fight for the cause, whether it was in the South or North. But also at the time many of them didn't have much to do, so they joined ranks to have "a little fun". Sadly they didn't realize that until the battles started and there friends, families, and country men were killed off in the thousands.

Answer 3

In the South - to repel the invader.

In the North - to protect the Union, which mostly meant saving the cotton revenues. Only after the Emancipation Proclamation (effective Jan. 1863) did they join up to end slavery.

Answer 4

Most Civil War soldiers were draftees. Soldiers joined because their local draft board required them to go. Many others joined because they wanted to see the action of the war. Some joined because they were real believers in the cause of one side or the other. Some joined just to receive steady pay and meals. Both sides would also give immediate citizenship to entire families of immigrants if one man of the family would join the army.

Answer 5

because they thaught they were going on a trip and they had no idea what war was like

Answer 6

Because women have as much right as men to do what they want its not there fault for the way they were born.