It is not about plantations or being racits for may it was about not ceceding to Nationalism. Many Southernist believed in an idealism known as sectionalism. This meant that they believed that they wanted the state government to have more power than the national government. Many also believed that the industrial growth that the North wanted to persue was not the best option, because many in the South wanted to continue the economy on another path through farming.
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It was a victory since the Confederates literally won the battle, but it was a loss to them since one of their really good generals Stonewall Jackson was mortally wounded by Friendly fire and died about a week later.