[DiogenesLamp]

This view of the Civil Was is just as incomplete/incorrect as the “lost cause” tenet that slavery had absolutely nothing to do with secession or the coming of war.

Because slavery in the South would have absolutely disappeared in the subsequent five years if the South had remained in the Union.

Yes, it was all about that thing that wouldn't have changed at all.

[DoodleDawg]

Because slavery in the South would have absolutely disappeared in the subsequent five years if the South had remained in the Union.

Absolutely, positively disappeared within five years? More opinion masquerading as fact I see.

[Bull Snipe]

Do not understand your statement.