Not lives that were important to the ruling class. Remember, the wealthy could buy their way out of service for $300.00. The poor simply had to face death.
Do you think the elite, arrogant ruling class which at that time lived in New York, Boston, and DC cared about the lower class? The South's independence was a threat to their money and therefore they did not care how many lives it took to protect their money so long as none of the lives lost or destroyed were their's.
That doesn’t make any sense
The way modern education establishments tell people about the war doesn't make any sense. To make sense of it, you have to look deeper and then you start finding pieces that explain what happened.
You apparently think the northeast is responsible for all bad things
Your reading and understanding of the civil war lacks the current writings of the times