No, it's American history.
A lot of Southerners have been propagandized out of taking pride in their Unionist forebears and a lot of Northerners have conveniently forgotten about their defeatist, Copperhead forebears.
The historical fact is that "the American South" and "The Confederacy" are not synonyms.
The secession "vote" in Georgia would have done Al Gore's Florida team proud.
Outside of the Quakers and the German American population, Philadelphia was a stronghold of pro-southern sentiment, both among the upper class (many of whom had family connections in the south, or were in the cotton trade) and poor Irish immigrants. Such folks were hostile to the idea of war with the confederacy.
“The historical fact is that “the American South” and “The Confederacy” are not synonyms.”
I agree. In fact ‘the American South” isn’t exactly correct.
There were many different views in different parts of the South.
So your one of em, eh? /sarc
Lincoln's handlers supposedly printed fake admission tickets to the GOP committee meeting the day of nominations to "pack" the house full of his Illinois supporters.