They fought for the State of Virginia.
I don’t know how Jackson felt about Session, but Ashby opposed it and that Lee declined command of the North before accepting command of the South shows him to be a military man of principle who largely kept his politics to himself.
Sic Semper Tyrannus.
As for the Republic, such that it is, and such that it was, I doubt they were opposed to it as originally conceived, and would have been happy enough under other circumstances to fight for it as originally conceived. The Union, nest to our liberties most dear.
I go with Jackson: OUR FEDERAL UNION, IT MUST BE PRESERVED. And many Southerners agreed.
twice now in this thread “Session” is used-— when what is proper (misspelled?) is the word “Secession”.
Typos assumed. On other posts the word “succession” is mistakenly used.
Secede. To leave the Union— to Secede from the Republic, as was thought to be a State’s right to do so from their electorates.