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What They Fought For

" (18). Even the Yankees felt the power of their conviction "They are fighting from different motives from us. We are fighting for the Union a high and novel sentiment, but after all a sentiment. They are fighting for independence and are animated by passion and hatred against invaders It makes no difference whether the cause is just or not. You can get up an amount of enthusiasm that nothing else will excite" (19).
             Another common theme that presented itself was the fight for land and family. ""Men with wives and sisters filled their letters with references to protecting "the fair daughters of my own native state from Yankee outrage and atrocity."" (20). In a letter, one man told his wife "So long as we have such wives, mothers, and sisters to fight for so long will this struggle continue until finally our freedom will be acknowledged." (20).
             Just as in the south several themes emerged among the northern soldiers. They too felt they were upholding the dreams of their forefathers of the revolution. This theme seems more prominent in the letters of the Yankees. One officer declared, "We fight for the blessings brought by the blood and treasure of our fathers" (28). An officer wrote that " the man who doesn't give hearty support to our bleeding country in this day of our country's trial is not worthy to be a descendant of our forefathers We will be held responsible before God if we don't do our part in helping to transmit this boon of civil and religious liberty down to succeeding generations." (28). These soldiers believed that they were protecting the heritage that the Revolutionaries fought so hard to obtain for them.
             Another motivational factor for the North was the yearning for unity. It was true that they could have simply returned to the northern nation and leave the South to do the same. But the Yankees did not want that, they wanted a unified nation that would stand tall and strong as a beacon of hope.


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