No, the south fired on a federal battery and in addition was moving north to threaten Washington. The average soldier bought into the “states rights” lie to shed their blood to defend the right of a few to hold slaves.
If you read letters that confederates wrote home, you will find that they thought they were defending their homes.
Was not Sherman’s march to the sea an invasion where a
path of destruction was wrought that lasted for 100 years.
If you read letters that confederates wrote home, you will find that they thought they were defending their homes.
Was not Sherman’s march to the sea an invasion where a
path of destruction was wrought that lasted for 100 years.