[Non-Sequitur]

This is precisely why The War Between the States was NOT a Civil War.

It was a rebellion.

[numberonepal]

It was a rebellion.

This is precisely where we disagree, and this may very well be the crux of the entire disagreement. Some folks believe states belong, as in being the property of, to the Union. Others, like yours truly, believe that states are members, as in being sovereign, of the Union.

[stand watie]

"It was a rebellion" against a TYRANT & against a small group of social/financial/intellectual/business elitist DAMNyankees, who wanted to continue to keep the south/southerners permanently subservient to northern interests.

face it, N-S, "your side" was that of the OPPRESSORS;the southerners were the FREEDOM FIGHTERS, however much you may wish that the truth was otherwise.

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