[Non-Sequitur]

Does this ring a bell? "And this Yankee has known for many years that the War of the Southern Rebellion wasn't about slavery. At least, not from the Northern side.

I stand by that statement. From the Union side it was always about combatting the rebellion. Actions taken against slavery were secondary and only to further the war effort. But from the southern side the single most important reason for their rebellion was defense of the institutuion of slavery.