Hey Reb if you were living in 1861 south of the Mason-Dixon Line would you have joined up? I know if I were North of it I would have.
I got my call “Greetings from the President of the United States” back in 1966. I went. Obviously the citizens of New York City did not in 1863.
And what if YOU had lived in the DEEP SOUTH and got a draft notice? You would have joined the SOUTHERN CAUSE or ended up like these Yankees in the South at that time! The GREAT HANGING at GAINSVILLE TX