[rustbucket]

The original defeated confederates conveniently left out a number of despicable facts concerning their numerous totalitarian measures targeting loyal Americans with brutality & death ...

Like the 18-month long bombardment of Charleston civilians. Oops! Union forces did that to Confederate civilians. My bad.

[M. Espinola]

Recall, successionist extremists used the cannons of the city of Charleston to fire on FT Sumter, a United States fort.

Think in todays terms if a mob began firing rockets into a U.S. Army or U.S. Navy base in any state in the Union. What would the immediate reacting be from Washington?

The Civil War began with South Carolina's pro-slavers triggering domestic rebellion. Whatever methods were necessary in order to fully crush the hot bed of sedition were required in forcing the enemy into surrendering.

[Non-Sequitur]

Like the 18-month long bombardment of Charleston civilians.

Awwwww. Poor babies!

[fortheDeclaration]

Like the 18-month long bombardment of Charleston civilians. Oops! Union forces did that to Confederate civilians. My bad.

They could have simply surrendered.