I would take a lesson from General Grant, and go beyond the neo-confederates in my admiration for the southern soldier.
Tennesee provided 55 regiments to fight for their country, the United States of America.
Every southern state contributed regiments to the Union Army, except South Carolina. (Some soldiers from other regiments were from South Carolina, but they had to leave their state to gain enough freedom to join up.)
That lack of South Carolina regiments fighting against the rebellion, was because of its unique status "Too small to be a country, too large to be an asylum".
Well stated and soooo true.