[DiogenesLamp]

I don’t know enough to have an informed opinion. I only know one thing: Mr Lincoln’s army invaded my ancestor’s homeland.

Isn't this the only thing you really need to know?

[ComputerGuy]

It’s the only thing that matters. Always has been. I haven’t read much at all about it. Cousin Charlie Brice’s letters to his mother were fascinating to read. He was at Fredericksburg, I think. The last letter in the set was written by his buddy, who was from the same area. You can guess what it was about.

[BroJoeK]

ComputerGuy #10: "I don’t know enough to have an informed opinion.
I only know one thing: Mr Lincoln’s army invaded my ancestor’s homeland."

DiogenesLamp #15: "Isn't this the only thing you really need to know?"

ComputerGuy #24: "It’s the only thing that matters. Always has been."

Our pro-Confederates love to forget that Confederate forces also invaded every Union state & territory they could reach, including:

1. Maryland
2. Pennsylvania
3. West Virginia
4. Ohio
5. Kentucky
6. Indiana
7. Missouri
8. Kansas
9. Oklahoma
10. New Mexico

There were also Confederate guerilla operations in California, Colorado and Vermont.

In the Civil War's first year, more battles were fought in the Union than in the Confederacy and more Confederate soldiers died on Union soil than on Confederate grounds.

Sure, as the war progressed, most battles were indeed fought in Confederate states, but even as late as the summer and fall of 1864, there were still Confederate attacks in Union states like Kansas (i.e., Mine Creek), Missouri (Little Blue River) and Maryland (Folck's Mill).

Civil War battles, by year: