Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1994

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CIVFIGHT Did any of your family fight in the Civil War? [IF YES:] Which side did they fight for-for the Confederacy, for the Union, or did members of your family fight on both sides?   1) No, did not fight in the Civil War   2) Yes, fought for Confederacy   3) Yes, fought for Union   4) Yes, fought for both sides   5) Don't know/No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No, did not fight in the Civil War	62	28.1%	28.1%	-1.32
Yes, fought for Confederacy	18	8.1%	36.2%	-.72
Yes, fought for Union	41	18.6%	54.8%	-.12
Yes, fought for both sides	13	5.9%	60.6%	.47
Don't know/No answer	87	39.4%	100%	1.07

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Political party Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 64	65 or older	TOTAL
No, did not fight in the Civil War	23.5% 4	21.7% 20	35.2% 25	32.5% 13	28.2% 62
Yes, fought for Confederacy	17.6% 3	6.5% 6	8.5% 6	7.5% 3	8.2% 18
Yes, fought for Union	11.8% 2	14.1% 13	19.7% 14	30.0% 12	18.6% 41
Yes, fought for both sides	5.9% 1	9.8% 9	2.8% 2	2.5% 1	5.9% 13
Don't know/No answer	41.2% 7	47.8% 44	33.8% 24	27.5% 11	39.1% 86
TOTAL	100.0% 17	100.0% 92	100.0% 71	100.0% 40	220

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than grade 9	9th to 11th grade	High school graduate	Some college	College grad or more	TOTAL
No, did not fight in the Civil War	20.0% 1	50.0% 1	29.6% 21	21.5% 14	32.1% 25	28.1% 62
Yes, fought for Confederacy	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	11.3% 8	6.2% 4	7.7% 6	8.1% 18
Yes, fought for Union	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	19.7% 14	18.5% 12	19.2% 15	18.6% 41
Yes, fought for both sides	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.6% 4	4.6% 3	7.7% 6	5.9% 13
Don't know/No answer	80.0% 4	50.0% 1	33.8% 24	49.2% 32	33.3% 26	39.4% 87
TOTAL	100.0% 5	100.0% 2	100.0% 71	100.0% 65	100.0% 78	221

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
No, did not fight in the Civil War	22.3% 21	32.3% 41	28.1% 62
Yes, fought for Confederacy	8.5% 8	7.9% 10	8.1% 18
Yes, fought for Union	22.3% 21	15.7% 20	18.6% 41
Yes, fought for both sides	8.5% 8	3.9% 5	5.9% 13
Don't know/No answer	38.3% 36	40.2% 51	39.4% 87
TOTAL	100.0% 94	100.0% 127	221

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
No, did not fight in the Civil War	25.7% 18	33.8% 24	28.8% 17	25.0% 3	29.2% 62
Yes, fought for Confederacy	10.0% 7	12.7% 9	3.4% 2	0.0% 0	8.5% 18
Yes, fought for Union	20.0% 14	19.7% 14	15.3% 9	8.3% 1	17.9% 38
Yes, fought for both sides	4.3% 3	2.8% 2	8.5% 5	16.7% 2	5.7% 12
Don't know/No answer	40.0% 28	31.0% 22	44.1% 26	50.0% 6	38.7% 82
TOTAL	100.0% 70	100.0% 71	100.0% 59	100.0% 12	212

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
No, did not fight in the Civil War	26.3% 50	42.9% 6	0.0% 0	46.2% 6	28.4% 62
Yes, fought for Confederacy	8.4% 16	7.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.8% 17
Yes, fought for Union	20.0% 38	7.1% 1	100.0% 1	0.0% 0	18.3% 40
Yes, fought for both sides	5.8% 11	7.1% 1	0.0% 0	7.7% 1	6.0% 13
Don't know/No answer	39.5% 75	35.7% 5	0.0% 0	46.2% 6	39.4% 86
TOTAL	100.0% 190	100.0% 14	100.0% 1	100.0% 13	218

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Baptist	Other Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
No, did not fight in the Civil War	16.7% 4	24.7% 23	35.7% 15	50.0% 1	28.6% 10	30.4% 7	27.4% 60
Yes, fought for Confederacy	25.0% 6	4.3% 4	9.5% 4	0.0% 0	5.7% 2	8.7% 2	8.2% 18
Yes, fought for Union	12.5% 3	24.7% 23	19.0% 8	0.0% 0	11.4% 4	13.0% 3	18.7% 41
Yes, fought for both sides	4.2% 1	7.5% 7	2.4% 1	0.0% 0	8.6% 3	4.3% 1	5.9% 13
Don't know/No answer	41.7% 10	38.7% 36	33.3% 14	50.0% 1	45.7% 16	43.5% 10	39.7% 87
TOTAL	100.0% 24	100.0% 93	100.0% 42	100.0% 2	100.0% 35	100.0% 23	219