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And a war to protect slavery was conducted by slave-owning generals on the pro-slavery side. Again, what's your point? Other than to demonstrate that you still cling to the myth that the war was to end slavery. It wasn't. It was to preserve the Union. As Lincoln pointed out on many occasions

We agree! It was a war about states rights! One side felt states have no rights to secede the other side does! A major breakthrough for you.

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We agree! It was a war about states rights!

No, we agree it wasn't a war to end slavery. From the Northern standpoint it was a war to preserve the Union. From the Southern standpoint it was a war to defend slavery.

One side felt states have no rights to secede the other side does!

And why did those states want to secede? Because of what they viewed as the threat to their institution of slavery posed by the Lincoln election.