[stand watie]

actually lincoln & his coven of thugs WANTED war. they made NO attempt to avoid it & thus a MILLION people needlessly died for lincolns dreams of conquest.

free dixie,sw

[Dawgreg]

I agree stand.......he could have vacated Ft. Sumpter when he saw this thing coming to a head. I have a great debate going with jsuati (I'm lazy :)) I still maintain the South HAD and BELIEVED they had the right to succede. BTW, Hub and I went to Vicksburg in January. A very humbling place indeed.