sentences:  In the end, however, most men on both sides of the argument joined in the Confederate cause once secession was inevitable.With the start of the Civil War, several Confederate companies drew heavily from the population of the Demopolis area and Marengo County.These included the 4th, 11th, 21st, 23rd, and 43rd Alabama Infantry Regiments in addition to the 8th Alabama Cavalry, Company E of the Jeff Davis Legion, and Selden's Battery.