Were western infantry regiments...

[ole]

Yes I understand that there were of course rural areas of Maine and Pennsylvania, Virginia and the Carolinas and the other States whose men made up the eastern armies. I suppose I was surmising (wrongly perhaps) that the western states of both Union and Confederacy were at that time, don't want to offend anyone here, rougher, would that be the word?

Don't either, but all country boys could shoot, some for fun, some to put meat on the table. I can't say that the kid who grew up in Iowa was in better shape than the kid who grew up in Georgia. All states had city boys, country boys and serious brawlers.

Read somewhere that some Davenport dock-workers rejoiced when they won a brawl with some New Orleans dock-workers.

I don't think you'll find a definitve answer here.

 

[alexjack]

No ole I agree. It was a question looking for too simplistic an answer.