330,000 northern whites were instrumental in freeing the slaves and I have yet to hear or read a statement by any liberal Negro giving thanks for the sacrifices of these men, their families and decendents. The Negro community has had ample opportunity to do so during Black History Month, Martin Luther King Day, Emancipation Day OR just any day of the years since 1865! All I hear are call for Reparations from the Negro community...apparently recognition of the deaths, wounded and suffering for the white Union soldiers, their families and posterity, who had nothing to do with Negro Slave trade is not enough!
I refrain from commenting on the Confederate deaths and suffering.
Interesting. It seems that the Civil War had several purposes. Lincoln said many times it was to preserve the Union. Many in the South felt it was States Rights and econiomics. Slave trading was made illegal in the United States in 1808 and we were well on the way to abolishing it here. So there is no “single” reason in my mind. I feel the comment about the Confederate losses comes from a limited view of history. Or not.