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It's facts like that(and Andersonville) which make me skeptical of many claims by those so gung-ho to support the Confederacy.

Yes there were other issues involved, and yes there are interesting and important Constitutional questions there, but in reality the federal government's tyranny grew well after the defeat of the South. With the exception of rights to certain racial groups and women, is there any question that we'd rather live with the tax rate of 1905 than that of today? So, I think it is a bit of a stretch to blame the Imperial government on Lincoln alone.

That and the fact that so many former slaves fought for the Union, turned the war from a matter of complexity to one for freedom. That the liberation was imperfect is not in doubt. However, it would have been nice had Jim Crow not been in place to keep blacks in their place in the South, nor the gun control regulations restricting the rights of former slaves, or the racial animosities and fears used to develop the anti-drug laws.

No one is completely innocent, but it seems some are willing to cut the Confederacy far more slack than they would the men and women who fought for the Viet Minh/Viet Cong or people who fought the US in other wars. No, I'm not comparing Robert E Lee to a VC, but certainly honorable people have fought on the wrong side in wars before?