How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
He knew that Longstreet was tense and that there was a certain gloom in the set of his face, but Fremantle knew with the certainty of youth and faith that he could not possibly lose this day, not with these troops, not with Englishmen, the gentlemen against the rabble. (3.1.54)
Again, Fremantle is underestimating the South's opponents. He thinks that since the Union is comprised of different ethnicities and religions, they're not going to be able to fight as strongly or cohesively. He doesn't realize how important the principles at stake really are.
Quote #8
"Equality? Christ in Heaven. What I'm fighting for is the right to prove I'm a better man than many… What matters is justice. 'Tis why I'm here. I'll be treated as I deserve, not as my father deserved. I'm Kilrain, and I God damn all gentlemen. I don't know who me father was and I don't give a damn. There's only one aristocracy, and that's right here—' he tapped his white skull with a thick finger— 'and you, Colonel laddie, are a member of it and don't even know it." (3.2.107)
Kilrain isn't that concerned about slavery in and of itself—but he is concerned with destroying the aristocracy. The only aristocracy lies in your own individual mind, in his view. He doesn't believe in equality, exactly, as much as he believes in equal opportunity—in other words, he believes in being judged on the basis of your own talents and abilities.
Quote #9
"The point is that we have a country here where the past cannot keep a good man in chains, and that's the nature of the war. It's the aristocracy I'm after. All that lovely, plumed, stinking chivalry. The people who look at you like a piece of filth, a cockroach, ah." (3.2.109)
Kilrain continues to express his disdain for the Southern aristocrats. In his view, they treat the common man like dirt. Although Kilrain mainly talks about how he's against aristocracy, this implies that he's for something, too—specifically, he's for meritocracy, a society that rewards people based on how well they can work and not on their family or ancestry.