Correct. If I’ve learned anything by being on Free Republic for 20 years... It’s that the Civil War was NOT about slavery.
Correspondence from Union troops was very clear what they believed they were fighting for:
“Preserve the Union”.
When the Emancipation Proclamation was issued many troops wrote home and said “I didn’t sign up for that.”
That is the view from the rank and file.
Obviously different political figures had their own motives.
It wasabout Treason