"There were several gangs of negroes at work in the corn & cotton fields along the road yesterday, and I thanked God they were not in Illinois. Candidly, I'd rather see them and a whole crop of grindstones dumped into the Gulf..."
-Charles Willis IL Solider 6/19/1862

I don't understand. They fought to free the slaves but hated them? Then why fight to free them? Were they stupid?