"With all the problems confronting America attempting to somehow revive the principal reason for triggering the Civil War as some sort of 'noble cause' only serves to further divide this nation."
One could argue equally logically that denying the nobility of the cause is equally devisive. I guess what you see depends on where you stand.
The political organizers of the rebellion represented the powerful slavocracy. Instigating open civil war, over 600,000 Americans dead, coupled with leaving America vulnerable to European powers, that real 'noble' of them......