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Was sam watkins correct in saying that the civil war was a rich mans war and a poor mans fight?
It could certainly look that way.
In the North, a draftee could pay a substitute to join up in his place. This obviously favoured rich families. And the arrangement was often brokered by cynical profiteers who would send all kinds of physically or mentally unfit men into the army. Profiteers would also make a fortune supplying the armies with inferior weapons, equipment and horses. These profiteers were loathed and despised by both sides.
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Was sam watkins correct in saying that the Civil war was a rich man's war and a poor man's fight?
Sam Watkins was correct in saying that the Civil War was a rich man's war and a poor man's fight. There were more poor farmers fighting than rich plantation owners.
Was Sam Watkins correct to say that the US Civil War was a rich man's war and a poor man's fight?
I believe so. The Civil War was fought because men with money both in the government and not couldn't settle major issues and that lead to war. Those rich men didn't fight the war. They let middle-class and poor men who didn't really care about the issues at hand because they didn't affect them fight it.
Did girls fight in the Civil War?
Women did not fight in the Civil War. But, some did dress up like men to help out in the war.
What were the civil war battle tactics?
it was a fight :]
Why did females change their appearance into a man to be involved in the civil war?
Women changed their look to a man to fight in the civil war because women were not allowed to fight in the civil war at that time period
