[robowombat]

Yes, my father's people counted themselves lucky to have both a cow and a horse. When the war came my great/great gf enlisted in the cavalry and of course had to bring his own equine. That was a real hardship for his family. My mother's people had money, land, and probably slaves. They were unionists, well at least until a couple federal requisitioning parties visited them. They still bought exemption for their sons who sat out the war and then joined the Republican party during reconstruction (Only it was called the Readjuster Party and was run by an ex_rebel Major General, Mahone, the guy who crushed the crater attack.) Go figure, life is full of paradoxes.

[TexConfederate1861]

Well, poor people fought on BOTH sides for what they thought was right. One of mine was a rancher from Central Texas. No slaves or cotton there! :)

[exdem2000]

What state are they from?