“if you read the original Confederate constitution, it said “to preserve slavery” so that IS why they fought the war.”
If you read the original United States constitution, it enshrined slavery. President Lincoln twice took an oath to uphold the pro-slavery U.S. constitution.
Did you know the Union forces, ostensibly, were fighting to preserve the pro-slavery U.S. constitution? (Arguably, Union forces were fighting to overthrow the pro-slavery U.S. constitution.)
But, after the Emancipation Proclamation, President Lincoln actually did add another slave state to the Union.
Look it up.
Far from "enshrining" slavery, which the Confederate constitution certainly did, our Founders' Constitution never mentioned it by name and referred to it specifically only once (3/5 rule).
By stark contrast, the Confederate constitution used specific terms like "slavery", "slaves", "institution of negro slavery", "right of property in negro slaves" and "African race" 17 times.
jeffersondem: "Did you know the Union forces, ostensibly, were fighting to preserve the pro-slavery U.S. constitution? (Arguably, Union forces were fighting to overthrow the pro-slavery U.S. constitution.)"
Civil War began over Confederate "rebellion" at Fort Sumter and other Union properties, which Lincoln called up 75,000 troops to suppress, according to the 1792 Militia Act, first used by President Washington to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion.
Slavery soon became an issue in the war and "Contraband" a Union strategy for winning it.
jeffersondem: "But, after the Emancipation Proclamation, President Lincoln actually did add another slave state to the Union."
West Virginia was accepted on condition it abolish slavery, which it soon did.
jeffersondem specializes in distorting history in his own unique & humorous way.