Education
Changes in the south came gradually. At first after the war broke out everything was still the same in the small towns, in the fields, and on the large plantations. Yet life was soon changed by the war. Not only were planters affected but Southerners in all walks of life saw their cultural institutions and social traditions turned upside down. Poets and writers who were inspired by patriotic themes flourished as never before. Yet at the same time schools closed as there were not enough teachers and universities closed as there were not enough students. Clergyman turned from Gods work and instead use their pulpits to preach a fiery appeal of propaganda for the Confederate cause. Through all of the war the class lines that had divided the south before the war gave way and women suddenly found themselves rising to levels of responsibility they had never even dreamed of.