lincoln, the TYRANT, CHOSE to make WAR rather than PEACE.
had he chosen PEACE, a MILLION Americans would not have NEEDLESSLY died in an UN-necessary war.
let me make it simple for you. the time is NOW & YOU are POTUS.
AZ,CA,CO,NM,NV,OR & WA decide to secede from the USA & form Los Estados Unidos de Azatlan (this WILL happen within 20 years, i predict).
how many MILLION people (about 1/2 of them innocent, unarmed civilians, if the WBTS is any example)will you be willing to KILL to keep the states from leaving the Union????
lincoln, the TYRANT, was evidently willing to kill EVERYBODY, to assure that the CSA was beaten.
will YOU do the same, Mr President????
free dixie,sw
About 680,000 soldiers died in the WBTS, on both sides.
Civilian deaths totals are difficult to come by, but the best estimates I have seen are around 50,000, again on both sides but concentrated in the South for the obvious reason that the war was mostly fought there.
If you have anything resembling evidence for your assertion that more that 500,000 civilians died in the war, I'd sure like to see it.