All would have been well and good had the federal government simply let the Southern states go their way. We had no hatred for the Northern people, we simply wanted to be left alone. But empires are not built through pacifism and so federal forces acting under the dictatorial authority of Abraham Lincoln invaded our homeland with a vehemence that was unprecedented in the history of mankind. In the single most costly war in American history brother was often times pitted against brother in a conflict that took more American lives than have all the wars that she has ever fought in combined.
Although we lost the War for Southern Independence, the cause for which we fought still lives on in the hearts of our fellow Southern patriots, or Southrons, as they are more properly termed. It will always live on so long as men desire to be free — free to live their lives in the way they see fit without the constraints and infringements of government. Government without the consent of the people is tyranny and, as such, has no legitimacy (please refer to the quote at the top of this page entitled “Why We Fought the Civil War”). Patriots fought against tyranny in 1776 and they fought against it again in 1861. Man's desire to be free does not sleep nor will it die. It is an inalienable right granted by God and not by any governmental institution created by men.
Free to own other human beings.
All well and good - except if you were a slave. As much as people try to deny it, one of the "freedoms" the South fought for was the freedom to enslave other men. That, in a nutshell, is why the South lost.