And if there was a difference of attitudes between the north and the south, how big was the difference? This is something that I was wondering today, and then I remembered that we have this awesome sub. This can be the official attitude, the unofficial attitude, basically anything, I'm completely uninformed on this so all knowledge is helpful.
The word "homosexual" was coined by a Hungarian writer a full four years after the Civil War ended, so there was no attitude to be had as most people were not open and proud of their homosexuality. It was only once people began to live in dense urban environments that they began to move away from a domesticated family life, at which time they began to discover others with the same sexual interests.