[Jokelahoma]

Well, the question still stands as to whether Abe Lincoln or Jonah Goldberg is the more evil person in the eyes of the Rockwellians, crossdressing not-withstanding. :-)

I do, however, realize I asked the wrong question. It isn't whether Stonewall Jackson owned slaves, but rather "what happened to the slaves that Stand Watie owned?". Of course, the war had nothing to do with slavery. Pardon me while I quote from limited sources, in what apparently seems to be an acceptable practice:

From http://www.georgiahistory.ws/articles/stand_watie.asp

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As a prosperous planter and slave owner (emphasis mine), Stand Watie was sympathetic to the Southern cause, but his dedication had little to do with his loyalty to the Southern states. (emphasis mine) He, no doubt, saw the war as an opportunity to get rid of his old treaty party enemies – the John Ross regime.

When Confederate emissaries approached him for his support, he agreed to organize a cavalry unit. With the outbreak of the war, Stand Watie was made a colonel in the Confederate army and he raised a regiment of mostly mixed-blood, pro-slavery (need I say it? Emphasis mine) soldiers known as the Cherokee Mounted Volunteers.21

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Doesn't seem that economics or being left alone were either one a strong motivation here. But as I stated earlier, I'm using a very limited number of courses here.

It positively wears me out trying to decide which buttons to push. And here I'm out of popcorn. Guess I'll have to resort to pretzels for this show. Enjoy yourselves! Doubt I'll post again in this thread. I'll be too busy watching. :-)

[TexConfederate1861]

I very much agree that slavery was the motivation for some....It would be dishonest to say otherwise. My point has always been that to the MAJORITY, even those opposed to slavery, as well as the common soldier in the field, The issue was rather a matter of one section of the country trying to force the South to conform to their particular ways of doing things. I believe most could have cared less one way OR the other, but when outsiders started trying to FORCE the issue, then that was another problem entirely.