States rights, what a concept!! :)
The “right” to buy and sell human beings like cattle, what a concept!! :(
Jefferson Davis thought himself a military leader—his replacing of Joe Johnson with John Bell Hood as head of the Army of the Tennessee at Atlanta was a Blunder of the first water. He gave Georgia to Sherman and his Bummers. After terrible attacks at Franklin and Nashville the Army of the Tennessee was no more! The Union Army should have given a medal to Hood and Jefferson Davis for their foolishness. Many in the south wanted Lee to take over and rule as dictator! Not really a bad idea.