[carton253]

But wouldn't you count that as an invasion (no matter what your political leanings were) I mean, you are a farmer, the land you farm has been in your family for generations. You aren't for secession, but Virginia seceedes anyway. Suddenly you find an alien army in your backyard sent to fight and destroy your neighbors. I certainly would believe that I was invaded, and I would fight. Political differences and fights aside... Lincoln invaded the South.

[XRdsRev]

I agree. I don't have anything but respect for the Confederate soldier who believed he was defending his home. I probably would have done the same thin if I were in their shoes.

That having been said however, the Southern Confederacy despite all the honor that goes along with it, does have the blemish that the rebellion was brought upon by a group of otherwise good men who let their passion for the institution slavery override their common sense.

Most Southernors never owned slaves but for good or bad, that rebellion was inseparably tied to the issue of slavery when those first seceeding states made it such a prime issue in their Articles of Secession.