Writing two Civil War blogs, here and here, even though I have ample material for both, means I spend a fair amount of time reading about the war and wandering the various sites/blogs available. While some people have a tendency to see the war in simplistic good vs evil terms, its actual complexities can be breathtaking.
Such as this site by an independent historian on the history of Northern slavery and the enduring legal restrictions on freed slaves there during the North’s supposed war to free the slaves. Another good one is this author’s blog on his new book about the somewhat-obscure 1st Georgia Regiment. But for sheer irony you can’t beat the tale of Confederate Gen. Gordon who invaded Pennsylvania before Gettysburg and wound up forming his soldiers in a bucket brigade to save a Yankee town from a fire.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 
Well, many a modern general will order a supply tanker full of petroleum instead..
There was, in fact, little love lost between the two sides. Most of the time there was murderous hatred: the Southerners against the invaders, and the Northerners against the traitors. So Gordon’s fire brigade was highly unusual.