[catfish1957]

I am a genealogist, and have proven that 4 of 5 of my civil war confederate veteran ancestors did not own slaves. N-S always fails to comprehend that when people have their country invaded they will respond by defending.

He also never realizes that slavery (though wrong) held together the economy of the south. Only 1/3 of the south's population owned slaves, so it bears mentioning that the underlying economics had actually more to do with it than the issue of slavery itself. Because if it was primarily about slavery I don't think the groundswell of support would have been there.

And last anyone who thinks Sherman is a "hero" (N-S) is below slime (IMO)

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N-S always fails to comprehend that when people have their country invaded they will respond by defending.

And what you continue to ignore is that if the confederacy had not started the war there wouldn't have been an invasion to begin with.

Because if it was primarily about slavery I don't think the groundswell of support would have been there.

You just showed that the two were inextricably linked. I would go further and suggest that slavery was more than just the pillar of the Southern economy. It was a foundation of Southern society as well.

And last anyone who thinks Sherman is a "hero" (N-S) is below slime (IMO)

And you're welcome to you opinion, biased as it may be. Sherman beat you, and that's why you can't stand him.