User blog comment:ChazmanianDevil/A Response and Alternate Viewpoint on the Nature and Morality of the Confederacy/@comment-27097330-20170521181340/@comment-26535281-20170521182131

Well the whole 'south fought for slavery' is both right and wrong.

The aristocratic officer class (Plantation owners and states men mainly) fought both for states rights and to protect their own economic interests.

The middle and lower class if they had a choice or a clear understanding fought for states rights as most of them didn't own any slaves at all.