I’ve been learning a lot about the Syrian civil war lately, specifically how it’s difficult to unilaterally categorize the resistance against Assad as simply “folks who are against Assad” i.e. there are a lot of different factions interested in removing Assad from power for a lot of different reasons. Similarly, were there groups in the American civil war who were interested in fighting the war aside from succeeding from the Union/preserving slavery? Or maybe they had the same goals as the Union/Confederacy, but fought as a distinct entity from either army (I read previously that some Native American tribes fought on either side of the war, but my impression was that they were largely absorbed by either army, and didn’t really act as a separate faction). It seems to me that the North/South dichotomy that is often taught is far too simple for such a conflict. Thank you for being knowledgeable!