[Sequoyah101]

We were taught it was all about morality weren't we? I doubt it was so. Never heard your theory advanced. The victors get to write the history don't they?

It is hard not to turn cynical these days and the older you get the harder it is. Experience will do that to you.

[erlayman]

It is an interesting thesis although as I understand it Northern Republican businessmen after the war were firmly opposed to confiscation of lands from southern plantation owners.

[Georgia Girl 2]

So true. War is always about two things, money and power. They usually try to dress it up in other explanations and the winner writes the history book.