[Nowhere Man]

I have to respectfully disagree still, slavery was a side issue or at least it was an issue to whip up anti-Southern feelings. The main problem the South had was the lack of ability to manufacture munitions like the North did. In short, you had an industrial nation of 22 million beating up an agrarian nation of 9 million.

I do see President Lincoln as a monster, I'd even vote for 1970's era Jimmy Carter if he was running against Lincoln.

The South did one big mistake, they fired the first shot. If the North fired the first shot, I think it would have been easier to get a few nations to support the South in sympathy. It's like as schoolyard fight, the guy getting hit by the first punch gets a lot of sympathy.

Well, I remember one episode of "Litle House on the Prarie" where the Civil War was still a huge controversy in the 1880's, now it is 2012 and it still is.

[Sherman Logan]

The main problem the South had was the lack of ability to manufacture munitions like the North did.

Actually, that was about the only problem the South didn't have.

The South performed prodigies of instant industrialization and never ran out of ammunition, though the artillery ammo wasn't always terribly reliable or accurate.

The effort was led by Josiah Gorgas, born in PA, one of the most interesting men of the war. Had the rest of the CSA's war effort been as well organized, it would have won its war.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_Gorgas

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I'd even vote for 1970's era Jimmy Carter if he was running against Lincoln.

Of course you would. And enthusiastically at that.

Y'all gave us Jimmah. The rest of us didn't want him.

Hope you're proud.

Well, I remember one episode of "Litle House on the Prarie" where the Civil War was still a huge controversy in the 1880's, now it is 2012 and it still is.

On the Internet and in the dying media, sure.

In the real America, not so much.