[yarddog]

Actually around twice as many Yankees paid the bill.

It is the Yankees who should have been ticked off at Lincoln.

Of course he was clever enough to make it about slavery even tho he had made it clear before the war that it wasn’t.

[MikefromOhio]

Actually around twice as many Yankees paid the bill.

It is the Yankees who should have been ticked off at Lincoln.

Of course he was clever enough to make it about slavery even tho he had made it clear before the war that it wasn’t.

He made it about slavery because he had more political wit about him than all the Southern politicians combined. The ONLY reason the British and French didn't side with the Confederacy was slavery, yet the southern leadership was too damned stupid to realize it.

All wars are economic. The result wasn't in doubt once the Union found competent leadership. Thankfully for everyone who loves freedom the Union won and the abomination that was slavery was eradicated from the United States of America.