William Freehling’s The South vs. The South is based on the Civil War and focuses on the amount of southerners, both white and black and did not agree with the confederacy. The “Anti-Confederates,” Freehling recognizes Border State whites and slaves in the confederacy; which was half of the southern population and were crucial to Union victory. Dividing the southern front by lowering the power of the military and contributing physical power and supplies to the union; anti-confederates made a major contribution to the Union war effort, ending the war and helping in the Union victory.
