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that's wha gets them in. my concern is why do they stay in. so the question is confederate psistence. >> in additio to taking a look at going into some of the diaries and other things, you take a quantitative look at who fought. what types of things did you come up with there? >> first thing is the standard argue system it's a rich man's war and poor man's fight. really a rich man's feig. rich counties overwhelmingly send hig numbers of men. in terms of correlation. you get a very strong correlation between wealth and slave holding and enlistment. theor wealth a county has the more s...

Conservatives are gathering in washington right now for the annual cpac conference. and attending a who's who of gop presidential wannabes. mark preston is there and joins us live. what is taking place now? >> reporter: hey, fred, as we speak right now, anne colter is taking questions from the audience behind me. about 11,000 people organized have come to the conservative political action conference over the past three days. we're just a couple of hours away from the conference coming to a close and are waiting for the results of the much touted, much anticipated straw poll. we've heard from a...