In "Civil War Mobilizations," Masur and Spencer address the issue of supplying the armies, both Union and Confederate. They argue that class conflict in the South
O Meant secession needed to paper over differences between slave-owners and poor whites
O Increased due to Conscription Acts that exempted masters of 20 or more slaves
O Did not cool the ardor for the cause
O Disappeared beneath the nationalism and patriotism called for by war