Why Did So Many Confederate Soldiers Flee Their Units by 1865

question 73

Multiple Choice

Why did so many Confederate soldiers flee their units by 1865?

• A) The soldiers felt that the war had already been won by the Confederate army.
• B) Poor white soldiers resented fighting for the benefit of wealthy slave owners.
• C) Many soldiers were sympathetic to abolitionism and enlisted in the Union army.
• D) White soldiers refused to fight alongside blacks,who had served since the beginning of the war.

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