[Colonel Kangaroo]

There was however a War Between the States. Also known as the War for Southern Independence or in some quarters the War of Northern Aggression.

It was only a war of independence for some southerners. Most southerners were better off remaining in the Union. The large number of Confederate deserters and southerners of both races fighting for the Union suggest that there was a strong element in Dixie who realized the Confederacy was not worth fighting for.

[trek]

"Most southerners were better off remaining in the Union."

That must be why Reconstruction was so popular with the citizens of the Southern states.

[lentulusgracchus]

Thanks for refreshing your lies on this board. We wouldn't know what to do, if you ever stopped lying about the Civil War.

Thanks for playing.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

It seems people are so busy making Lincoln a monster that they neglect applying the same scrutiny to what Jeff and his gang were doing to Southerners. The objective truth is the Confederacy failed miserably in their goal of independence.. Who’s to blame for this obvious failure? I choose to blame the reb politicians and the defects of their cause rather than the devoted Confederate soldiers.