Civil War?

Question

i need reasons on why ahildren (under the age of 18) shouldn't be joining the american civil war (1861-1865).

thank u

Answer 1

Southerner's had everything to fight for. Remember what happened to them when during the war and reconstruction, robbed and taken advantage of by Scalawags and Carpetbaggers. A good indication of the destruction of the South can be seen in Gone With the Wind. The North violated the Constitution and should have peacefully allowed the South to Succeed. I am not promoting Slavery, that was a dying system in which the Southern States good friends at the British who had abolished slavery sometime before had been pressuring them to put in a plan to end. Contrary to popular belief, the Civil War was fought over power and whether States or the Federal Government had the higher authority.

Answer 2

Actually at one point, any male between 15 and 70 joined the Confederate army. No one discouraged young males from joining. It was considered their honorable duty. I don't know about the Union army.

Answer 3

They'll get them selves killed and they would get in trouble if it was found out they were under-age.