Quote Originally Posted by Strike For The South View Post
What a joke.

A small elite upper class sent the vast majority of the poor and destitute to do their fighting, all the while promising them the life they had.

The war was nothing more than a desperate attempent to keep a way of life going for 1% of the souths population.
Couldn't the same be said for the Northern leaders? What did your average Union soldier stand to gain from fighting?