[ItisaReligionofPeace]

My grandmother, who is still living, has told me plenty of stories about her Grandfather who fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War. He owned no slaves and wasn't fighting to preserve slavery per se. He was fighting to protect his homeland, the South.

[Bob Mc]

"He was fighting to protect his homeland, the South."

Indeed. If the truth be known, most southern people back then had no interest in slavery, unfair northern tariffs, or politics of any sort. But once the Northern soldiers began blockading and invading, Yes indeed, they were fighting to protect their homeland.

Lincoln should be vilified for what he did to Americans. A real leader would have found peaceful ways to resolve these problems.