22ND Virginia Infantry Col. Patton’s Regiment.
45TH Virginia Infantry
60TH Virginia Infantry
8TH Virginia Cavalry
Those where the outfits my ancestors fought with not one of them belonged to either party they way they saw it they where for fighting for there homes and land that was there cause. Every year I myself place flags and flowers on there graves now let’s talk about your heritage?
Do you have family records demonstrating that these men were not Democrats?
Because the Democrats destroyed the Whigs in the 1856 elections in Virginia. Just a landslide.
And the soldiers of the Confederacy fought not just for their homes but also for their financial interests, including slaveholdings, as well.
Their letters home reveal that some signed up for fun, some to impress the ladies, some for money, some for family obligation, some for high principles, some for an offended sense of honor and some for fear that their financial holdings would be zeroed out with the loss of slavery. Or a combination of several of the above.
The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac were probably the best educated and most literate armies in world history up to that point.
They didn't speak for themselves in such monolithic terms as you imply.
Punctuation in your friend.
Every year I myself place flags and flowers on there graves now let’s talk about your heritage?
Knock yourself out.