There were different reasons why some joined. The slaveholders could not afford to lose their slaves, so they joined for that reason. Some average joe's joined because they thought that the north could not stand seeing the south get so prosperous. Some just joined because they did not like President Lincoln. bye friends!!!!!!
there are many different answers to this question. most would argue that it is the problem with slavery at the time. true southerners would say it had more to do with rights of independent states. most southerners were so poor they could not afford slaves. after a while, states started seceding from the union, and opened fire on fort sumter, thus starting the civil war
well He fought the Gauls, The Britons, The Germans, The Roman's in The Roman civil war, Then He fought Pompie In greece Destroying his army He then Fought In Egypt During their Civil War.
White southerners feared former slaves would try to encourage slave rebellions.
There is one civil war in East Africa, in Somalia. There is bandit activity in northern Uganda. There are several civil wars running in Central Africa, around Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There is civil war in the southern Sudan. All wars are about the control of resources. If there was nothing to win, nobody would fight.
There have been many civil wars in many African countries.
250,000 southerners died
Fully 3/4 of southerners did not own slaves at the eve of the Civil War.
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While most women did not fight in the war directly there were many volunteer nurses and aids. Some people believe that some women may have disguised themselves as men.
Many Southerners believed that slaves were property, and property cannot have a gun, fight, or kill people. Sometimes blacks did fight for the Confederacy, however
U.S. Civil War statistics: Total Southerners killed in action = 72, 500. Total Southerners killed = 260,000.
There was 20,000 south people fighting
The Southerners fought the US Civil War because they thought that the Northern states were oppressing them with taxes and unnecessary laws. Slavery was also a big issue, they wanted to keep slaves because there entire work force was based on it. The Northerners wanted to abolish slave trade, and confine it to the South. The only way for the South to keep its economy and social elements intact, was, for many Southerners , to fight Union armies seeking to end the Southern rebellion.
so they wouldn't lose their dignity
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Because so many of the Southerners were slaves who were now free after the Civil War and needed some place to go and the West was newly-founded land which no one had set foot upon, therefore the Southerners (or slaves) went to the West.
Freemen and former southern slaves volunteered to fight for the North in the Civil because they believed that African Americans would benefit from a Northern victory. Several thousands African American fought bravely and many died and were wounded.