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And you are certifiable.
My ancestor, (the one who spent 2 years in Prison Camp)
inherited 50 slaves in 1861. He freed them everyone, including his personal servant, who insisted on remaining.
The same servant that took a bullet for him at Gettysburg.
I suggest you read the Texas Secession Documents. There are other problems listed than slavery. And I don't care what you think about assassination. In time of war it is justifiable. Your God, Lincoln ordered a raid on Richmond, to assassinate Jeff Davis and his cabinet. (But that would have been OK, since he was a "Reb" right?)
We assassinated Yamamoto in WWII, and that is DOCUMENTED. So don't start your little attack about conspiracy theories. What about Castro? (Also documented) It is a well known and documented fact that the CIA tried to have him killed. And the only one that deserves a whipping is YOU. I and my family have always believed slavery was wrong, but it was up to the SOUTH to tackle the problem. Instead, Northern interlopers stuck their nose in business that was not theirs. Now, go ahead and see what other cute little ad hominem attack you can throw this way, and continue to prove your ignorance and lack of manners

I and my family have always believed slavery was wrong, but it was up to the SOUTH to tackle the problem. So in other words, in your perfect world slavery would have ended when the people who benefited from it decided it should end, and not one minute sooner. I must confess that you have enlightened me. I was unaware of all that strong abolitionist sentiment in the South. You Southrons are right, we have been duped by history texts written by the victors. From the sounds of things your ancestor could have written "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and saved Harriett Beecher Stowe the trouble. I'll bet that Jeff Davis had an Emancipation Proclamation on his desk awaiting his signature, when the evil Lincoln forced his hand by calling for 75,000 volunteers. (Sarcasm/off)

Do you know where I get my best information on the Civil War? It's not from reading history books, per se, or from reading opinion piece editorials (even good ones like D'Souza's). I look at the newpapers (North and South) of that era, the music of that era, the personal journals and correspondence of that era, and the international reaction to our Civil War. Which is not to say that newspapers back then were any more accurate or any less partisan than newspapers today. Some of them made Dan Rather look "fair and balanced" by comparison; but if you want the flavor, the temper of those times, you just have to do a little research. And how any one could look at the Southern press, the personal journals, the music and literature of that era and conclude that there was a hope in hell of ending slavery peaceably given the militancy of the soon to be Confederate "movers, shakers and opinion makers" is beyond me. If heard that twaddle from a lot of neo-Confederates, but they've obviously romanticized and idealized the people who dragged the Southern states into rebellion, just like Margaret Mitchell did in "Gone With the Wind".