[Ben Mugged]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465029671?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00

The Cause of All Nations: An International History of the American Civil War Hardcover – December 30, 2014 by Don H. Doyle

[rockrr]

Sounds interesting - I’ll look into it. But I doubt that I will find anything in there at supports the assertion that there was any agreement between leaders of the north and south eliminating slavery as a central bone of contention.

Slavery was the “elephant in the room”.