[FLT-bird]

I wonder if the Confederacy had prevailed would they have been so charitable.

All the Southern states wanted was to leave in peace. They never sought to impose their rule on the Northern states.

[Bob Ireland]

***All the Southern states wanted was to leave in peace. They never sought to impose their rule on the Northern states***

Firing on Fort Sumter in 1861 didn't help that goal...

Of course, by definition, it wasn't a 'civil war'; historians politicize such labels. Lincoln was determined to 'preserve the Union' at any cost. A side effect of that decision has been dangerous weakening of state's rights, being more strongly felt today as D.C. becomes more and more a dictatorship❗

Dark days ahead. 🔥🙁

[jmacusa]

No. They didn't want to be left in peace. For crying out loud they invaded Pennsylvania!