This was being said on both sides.
In the South, a lot of poor whites felt they were fighting for rich planters, not in uniform, to continue their life of feudal privilege.
In the North, there was a bad law that allowed highly-placed young men to pay a substitute to enlist in their place. This not only caused much resentment; it flooded the armies with men of low ability and dubious character, supplied by unscrupulous brokers.
As for this Mr. Watson, I don't know who he was, and would be interested to know.
An act for "enrolling and calling out the National Forces"
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.
The phrase "a rich man's war but a poor man's fight" emerged during the draft as it highlighted the disparity in how socioeconomic status influenced participation in the conflict. Wealthy individuals could often evade military service through various means, such as paying for substitutes or securing deferments, while the less affluent had no such options and were compelled to enlist. This created a perception that the burdens of war disproportionately fell on the poor, fueling resentment and protests against the draft and the war itself.
Sam Watkins was correct in saying that the Civil War was a rich man's war and a poor man's fight. There were more poor farmers fighting than rich plantation owners.
John Stamos
It meant poor white trash fighting for the continued wealth of slave-owners
because rich people pay poor people to fight in the war because they don't want to fight in the war
An act for "enrolling and calling out the National Forces"
Rich men could pay a man to take their place in the draft. Therefore poor men fought in a rich man's place.
Tata nano
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.
poor mans cocaine is ritilan or adderall prescribed for people with add commonly abused by high school and college students
Levellers
Joe Biden is a gutless chicken who lets poor people and Blacks fight so that he can benefit in a luxury environment . Essentially , yep , the mans' a coward.
The phrase "a rich man's war but a poor man's fight" emerged during the draft as it highlighted the disparity in how socioeconomic status influenced participation in the conflict. Wealthy individuals could often evade military service through various means, such as paying for substitutes or securing deferments, while the less affluent had no such options and were compelled to enlist. This created a perception that the burdens of war disproportionately fell on the poor, fueling resentment and protests against the draft and the war itself.
Tom Watson supported the intrests of the poor farmers of the state
it was made in 1944 during the second civil war.