In this section the author Isenberg argues that white trash moving at center of politics and played a notable role at center of the crisis. As the south secede from the union, further distinctions need to be made. As the author state that 1861, aimed to restore the virtue pedigree of the founding fathers. She said the union soldiers represented something much different than vagabond stock and swamp people. The confederates aim to prove that they were genuine offspring and rightful lineage of the first American republic. the war of 1861, the confederacy had the task of demonizing its foe as debased, abnormal and vile, southerners had to make them themselves feel viscerally superior. The war proves that north and south were two distinct breeds.
