Biographies of the Civil War and Reconstruction

Biographies of the Civil War and Reconstruction — page 3
INTRODUCTION uring the American Civil War where you lived North or South generally determined which side you were on Generally but not always Take legendary naval officer David Farragut who was born in the South in a cabin Knoxville Tenn At the near time that the Civil War began the nearly 60 year old Farragut had a wife and home in Virginia Nonetheless Farragut declared his alle giance to the Union Another native of Tennessee Andrew Johnson a U S Senator who would later become the 17th president of the United States vehemently opposed secession and was the only Southern sena tor not to resign his post when the South seceded For those soldiers who did fight for the side that their place of birth had dealt them the beliefs held by said side weren t neces sarily held in the fighter's heart Such was the case with the brilliant Confederate general Robert E Lee Although he fought valiantly for the South Lee believed nei ther in slavery nor secession And despite his extraordinary success as a soldier Lee 8