My great-grandfather fought in the 36th Virginia and was captured by the Yanks in 1862. I have his papers where he wrote about his capture and he spelled his words like that.
WOW, I would love to see those papers.
Yes it seems the south wrote their words like the English until the yankee teachers came down right after the war and during the supposed reconstruction and told the kids to change how they did their spelling, .
Today it’s all about them wanting the flag down but it does seem who is fighting the war today still and right after