It's a shame that so many in the Ssouth are so concentrated on defending the South that they fail to see the the slaveowners' Confederacy was a creation for the slaveowners, by the slaveowners and of the slaveowners. It was nothing more than an engine of oppression of all others for the benefit of the plantation class.
I'll defend all the good things about the south, including even the honest but misled reb soldiers, but the pro-slavery politicians' regime is not worthy of respect.
Excellent, excellent post.