Confederates were all traitors ~ they gave up being Americans with secession.
I'm sure the Confederates would have agreed with you. Mr. Lincoln disagreed, however.
Still, after [Lincoln]'d thumped their tails, and reacquired all the land they'd stolen from the United States, he was willing to let them reclaim their patrimony. They shot him for that. Ingrates.
Sheesh, and you Yankees tell us to get over it! What have you got to be so bitter about, 140 years after the fact? Let it go. . .
See Post 9
Hard to call half the nation traitors. You had two factions with rights and wrongs on both sides. This wasn't one or two renegade states... and this decision weighed heavily on all of those involved..... history supports this.
NO Confederate leader waas brought to trial for treason.... and this is an important point. The first union of the original 13 colonies was effected by the Articles of Confederation, which were adopted in 1781. The articles established a confederation of sovereign states in a permanent union, however the "permanence" of the Union lasted only until 1788, when 11 states withdrew from the confederation and ratified the new Constitution, which became effective on March 4, 1789. A textbook used at West Point before the Civil War, A View of the Constitution, written by Judge William Rawle, states, "The secession of a State depends on the will of the people of such a State."
Neither factually nor legally true. They were part of the Confederate States of America, and since the 1950s, they have been legally recognized as veterans, the same as those who fought for Mr. Lincoln.
Did you foget the sarcasm tag, or are you really that uneducated?
Confederates were all traitors ~ they gave up being Americans with secession.