I had ancestors on both sides of the war, one who died as a prisoner of war. Another was with Joe Johnston’s army when it surrendered.
I’ve got ancestors on both Union and Confederate side. One had slaves and when his son went off to school he came back an abolitionist and his father disowned him. Some war heroes, some Scottish castle dwellers and English high sheriffs, one traced back to the Mayflower. Etc. I love history and researching family trees.