[stand watie]

the only problem with your position is that the WBTS was NOT about the end of slavery.

that was a self-serving LIE, compounded by the lincoln regime AFTER they started losing the war & it appeared that England, France & several other nations would enter the war on the southern side.

the so-called Emancipation Proclamation was INTENTIONALLY worded so that it would NOT free any slaves in US-held areas of the south AND NOT free any northern-owned slaves.

the only MAIN CAUSE of the war was the continuing lust for dixie LIBERTY!

free dixie,sw

[donmeaker]

One should note that slavery in the District of Columbia was ended in 1862.

The rebellion was begun by the southern planter aristocracy, for the continuance of slavery. The rebellion was put down by the legitimate government of the United States, for the continuance of the Union.

Ending slavery was the right thing to do, during the war, in territory controlled by the rebels, to weaken the south. Black Americans fought for the legitimate US government. Ending slavery became the good thing that came out of the war, unless you also count the deaths of many foolish supporters of the aristocracy as a good thing. The United States ended slavery by means of the 13th amendment.

[donmeaker]

the only MAIN CAUSE of the war was the continuing lust for dixie LIBERTY!

There is no liberty to enslave. That is the supposed right for which the south made war. Theft is outside the usual definition of liberty to steal. Seizure of the fort built with federal money would be theft. There is no right to smuggle. Smuggling, which means importation of goods without payment of the lawful tariff, was the intent of the hotheads who fired on the fort. Those was the proximate cause for firing on Ft Sumpter.