AN INTERVIEW WITH JEFFERSON DAVIS

[LincolnMan]

Many of my ancestors fought for the Confederacy. None of them owned slaves. When companies of soldiers were formed- they were young men from their local communities. They knew each other- lived in the same communities- went to the same churches, etc.. It was only natural that they would join the ranks together. While everything I just said- I believe to be true- yet something else happened also- in my family and in the families of others- brothers and friends split- some joined the Gray and some joined the Blue. So there was ideology involved too. In three of my family lines the split just described occurred. The real question is : after the war- did the families reunite as families?