***Yeah, poor dumb Southerners who went to war for slave owning paltroons. ***
At least they went and served when drafted, Meanwhile In New York the citizens took up arms in the anti-draft riots to keep from going to fight Southerners.
So the Northern Army had to start using the immigrants from Ireland and Europe to take up the slack.
Hey Reb if you were living in 1861 south of the Mason-Dixon Line would you have joined up? I know if I were North of it I would have.