I can agree with that. But it's an "all or nothing" type of situation. Had we lost the Revolutionary War, the military and political leaders of the revolution would have been tried and, most likely, executed. You have to admit that the North was much kinder to the South than that.
. . . even though I agree with their fundamental right to secede and admire some of their military leaders.
The genius of the South's military leaders is what kept the South in the war as long as it was. Think about it, the Conferacy had no pre-existing government, no tax base, no economic prosperity, and a much smaller population than the North. What else could explain their relative successes, or at least the success in delaying the inevitable, than their military genius. Think about it this way, who is more revered in the South even today, Jefferson Davis or Robert E. Lee? One was a so-so political leader, the other was quite possibly the best military mind we ever had. Too bad he lived in a time where his expertise had to be used in the way it was.
Not sure I agree that they had the right to secede though.
Yes, I agree.
Not sure I agree that they had the right to secede though.
I do, It's strait out of the declaration of independence.
According to the Declaration of Independence -and elements
of the US Constitution -they very clearly had a right to secede. As we we still do today. One must accept the consequences of ones actions though. I am deeply offended that any carpetbagger would charge them all with Treason.
Lee and others were schooled in th emilitary academies who
were not as harsh-- but understood a mans natural desire
to defend his home--and State from agressors.