In both letters from Fred Spooner and John Hines, the two men express their feelings toward the Civil War. As portrayed in the letters, the men had very different outlooks on the war, why the North and South were fighting, and how each of the men viewed the enemy's side. Fred Spooner, a Union soldier, has an aggressive point of view, and he feels war is necessary to stop the rebellion of the South. On the other hand, John Hines, a Confederate soldier, seems exhausted seeing all the killings of his fellow soldiers. The letter by Fred Spooner showed hard feelings toward the South. It is made clear Spooner viewed the South as weak and cowardly. He, an many other Union soldiers, thought ending the rebellion of the Confederacy was going to be
