You make the error of attributing the desire of some Southerners too all Southerners. Most Southerners probably just wanted the war over with a return to the old Union of North and South.A significant element of other Southerners, both black and white, welcomed the Yankees as liberators form slaver and/or local oppressions. Read up about the reception of Knoxville, Tennessee to Burnside and his liberating troops.
Are you serious? That's just knit picking for the sake of knit picking, or simply the lack of a decent defensive argument. It's just pitiful.
Most Southerners probably just wanted the war over with a return to the old Union of North and South.
You really think that 'most Southerners' wanted to return to the union? This is how historical revisionism gets started.
A significant element of other Southerners, both black and white, welcomed the Yankees as liberators form slaver and/or local oppressions.
A significant element, colonel? Please.
Read up about the reception of Knoxville, Tennessee to Burnside and his liberating troops.
Why don't you tell us about Uncle Billy The Great Liberator and how welcomed he was while you're being totally delusional.
That's a great strategy, though. Here's an idea: The US will invade Mexico, kick the crap out of their army, destroy their infrastructure, burn down their cities, turn our troops loose to rape and pillage all over the country and then we'll march a couple of brigades through Mexico City with the band playing and call ourselves "liberators" and point at all the smiling peons and say "See! They're happy to see us!". And you sound like just the man to lead the parade.