The North didn’t go to war to free the slaves. It went to war to preserve the Union and won. The South went to war to preserve slavery and lost everything.
**It went to war to preserve the Union and won.**
True, but the Union though it would be over in 90 days. Turned into a four year long slugfest. New York rebelled against the Union draft, Lots of Copperheads also wanted peace at any price.
Meanwhile in the SOUTH, men who had no slaves were being drafted to go to war.
Quite a war for “firsts”.
First Ironclad, CSS Manassas.
Then came the CSS Virginia
USS Cumberland sunk. USS Congress burned.
First Submarine CSS Hunley
First Union ship sunk by a torpedo, USS Housatonic.
First UNION ship, USS Cairo, sunk by a Southern electric mine.
Confederate Raider CSS Alabama cleared the ocean of Union whaling fleet before being sunk.
Many of the Indian tribes from Canada to Mexico went to war against the Union, hoping to get a better deal from the South. Two Confederate agents were caught among the Southern Cheyenne at Sand Creek.
Last Confederate General to surrender, Stand Watie, Cherokee Confederate army.
The North went to war to protect the Rice bowls of New England robber barons. An Independent South threaten New England financially, and a lot of very wealthy and powerful people would have been put out of business.
Your public school indoctrination was successful. Also, your statement appears to be internally inconsistent. If the North didn't go to war to free the slaves, then why would the South need to do anything to preserve slavery?