There was great variation in the reasons for fighting. As generalisations though, some of the prime reasons that poor whites fought were to defned their homeland and to maintain the Southern society that they were familiar with.
Many poor southern whites came to realize they were being used to fight a rich man's war. While scions of plantations were given deferrals from service, the ranks were mainly composed of men who had never owned a slave. Many were against secession and loyal to the union.
Because the Confederacy had a law that anyone owning a certain number of slaves could be sent home; therefore the men/boys who weren't rich enough to live on plantations and such had to fight in part to preserve the way of life favored by those better off. The Southern foot soldiers referred to it as "rich man's war, poor man's fight".
Compition of free'd black men
The different groups that made up Southern society include,the planters, the yeomen farmers, the poor whites, the slaves, and free African Americans.
because the whites did not be long in the same school and state
Poor southern whites fought to defend many things. These people fought to keep their land, their rights, and often their workers.
Many poor southern whites came to realize they were being used to fight a rich man's war. While scions of plantations were given deferrals from service, the ranks were mainly composed of men who had never owned a slave. Many were against secession and loyal to the union.
Because, as with most wars, it was funded and run by the rich but the fighters on the front lines were often poor farmers and other middle class civilians.
During his 1932 campaign, Roosevelt and the Democratic Party mobilized the expanded ranks of the poor as well as organized labor, ethnic minorities, urbanites, and Southern whites, crafting the New Deal coalition.
Andrew Johnson (he was a Republican, but his actions said he was a Democrat)
Because the Confederacy had a law that anyone owning a certain number of slaves could be sent home; therefore the men/boys who weren't rich enough to live on plantations and such had to fight in part to preserve the way of life favored by those better off. The Southern foot soldiers referred to it as "rich man's war, poor man's fight".
Compition of free'd black men
Society was a caste-like system with poor whites at the bottom of the white social ladder.
They allowed poor whites the use of their skilled slaves.
they allowed poor whites the use of their plantation barns use plantation barns They allowed poor whites the use of their skilled slaves
Poor southern whites often moved to search for new land once the soil became exhausted. Some turned to subsistence farming, sharecropping, or tenant farming to make a living. Others migrated to cities in search of industrial work.
The different groups that made up Southern society include,the planters, the yeomen farmers, the poor whites, the slaves, and free African Americans.