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Chapter 1

           Heborethehonorgravelyandwithnountowardconceit,asthoughitwereonlyhisdue. Buttheplanters’ladiesandtheplanters’slavescouldnotoverlookthefactthathewasnotbornagentleman,eveniftheirmenfolkscould. 

           Inthebeginning,theTroophadbeenrecruitedexclusivelyfromthesonsofplanters,agentleman’soutfit,eachmansupplyinghisownhorse,arms,equipment,uniformandbodyservant. ButrichplanterswerefewintheyoungcountyofClayton,and,inordertomusterafull-strengthtroop,ithadbeennecessarytoraisemorerecruitsamongthesonsofsmallfarmers,huntersinthebackwoods,swamptrappers,Crackersand,inaveryfewcases,evenpoorwhites,iftheywereabovetheaverageoftheirclass. 

           TheselatteryoungmenwereasanxioustofighttheYankees,shouldwarcome,asweretheirricherneighbors;butthedelicatequestionofmoneyarose. Fewsmallfarmersownedhorses. Theycarriedontheirfarmoperationswithmulesandtheyhadnosurplusofthese,seldommorethanfour. Themulescouldnotbesparedtogoofftowar,eveniftheyhadbeenacceptablefortheTroop,whichtheyemphaticallywerenot. Asforthepoorwhites,theyconsideredthemselveswelloffiftheyownedonemule. Thebackwoodsfolksandtheswampdwellersownedneitherhorsesnormules. Theylivedentirelyofftheproduceoftheirlandsandthegameintheswamp,conductingtheirbusinessgenerallybythebartersystemandseldomseeingfivedollarsincashayear,andhorsesanduniformswereoutoftheirreach. Buttheywereasfiercelyproudintheirpovertyastheplanterswereintheirwealth,andtheywouldacceptnothingthatsmackedofcharityfromtheirrichneighbors. 

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