[ek_hornbeck]

And he while Marx supported Lincoln and the war he also criticized him for making preserving the Union the primary goal, with abolition being a distant second. If you ever run across Marx’s writing on the Civil War and slavery you will be startled at how his opinions are virtually identical to modern American ones. Everybody is channeling that old commie.

This is exactly on target. The left's agenda then was turning a war that was dedicated to preserving the union into a war dedicated to radical abolition and reconstruction. Their talking points became the mainstream talking points a little over a century later. After all, what do little kids learn about the Civil War in elementary and middle school history classes? Do they hear how Lincoln, Grant, and Sherman were heroes who saved the union? No, they're heroes for "freeing the slaves"!

[wardaddy]

History is what folks say it is
Unfortunately

We would all benefit from a more comprehensive understanding of that era today