Oh, but in your side's estimation, the South were evil anyways, so what does it matter what they do? The question is, why was the Union doing the same sort of evil, and excusing a *LOT* more people in doing it?
Weren't they supposed to be the "good guys?" Seems like enslaving people to go die in a war they didn't want to fight wasn't good at all. Not very "anti-slavery" either.
I'm assuming the question is rhetorical since nothing could change your mind on it anyway.
Weren't they supposed to be the "good guys?" Seems like enslaving people to go die in a war they didn't want to fight wasn't good at all. Not very "anti-slavery" either.
Remember it was the Confederacy who extended all enlistments for the duration of the war, state's rights be damned, while the Union never resorted to that. So in 1864 when all the three year enlistments were running out the Union army could have just melted away. Instead the Union soldiers reenlisted in overwhelming numbers to continue the war. Maybe it was because they were fighting for something greater than slavery? And the Confederates had to force their men into the ranks because slavery was all they had?