Yes, you were exactly like the British, but with a much more fanatical leader. They didn't think we had a right to secede either, but they stopped at 15,000 dead. They didn't keep it going till they'd killed hundreds of thousands.
I agree, that technically the slavery issue was not the specific cause.
Well there it is then. So why do you keep dishonestly saying the war was about slavery when it was clearly about stopping independence?
I know why most people say it was about slavery. It's because that makes their side look like the good guy heroes, and saying they were stopping an Independence movement makes them look like the bad guys.
Sure, i'd rather believe my chosen side (none of my family was here during the Civil War. We all came later, and I do not live in a Southern State.) was the good guys. Anyone would want to believe that.
Get over it. You lost.
I don't think you get it. My family didn't have a dog in that fight. It was long over by the time we got here.
No, I see what I see because I have the ability to see the issue objectively. In fact, I was taught that the Union fought the war to free the slaves, and Lincoln was a great hero.
What changed my mind about this is evidence. That letter from Lincoln was a great eye opener. It simply does not comport with what I had been taught. It blatantly contradicts it.
When you realize you've been lied to about one thing, you then look suspiciously at all the other things you've been told from the same source.
I NEVER said the war was about Slavery? Where did you get that from.
I am for stopping these stupid threads. YOU seem to be interested in this March on Richmond.
Personally, I was always more interested in the Mongol hordes.
Ancient history, both.
I am finding your fanaticism fascinating. I personally think Grant made a mistake in letting Lee off so easily. It seems the foot was not pressed down hard enough on the Confederate necks to get them to understand they lost.