Can someone answer this Civil War question: Why did non-slave owning southerners fight in the Civil War (Yes, a large majority of southerners in 1860 did *not* own slaves)? What were they fighting for? Also, those in favor of removing the monuments...you do realize that those confederate soldiers are to be, by law treated as US Veterans? Just looking for a rational, no BS answer. What was the average southerner's "call to battle" for? Surely they weren't willing to die for the right of others to own slaves? Men of color also fought.
I'm having a real hard time believing that the entirety of the Civil War was fought so some plantation douches could keep their help. Learn me please.