re: How are you remembering Union Soldiers that died in the Civil War

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My ancestors fought for the Confederacy and I respect their sacrifice and service.

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You neo-rebs need to consider what this country would have been like had no war broken out in 1860. Would we still have slavery? By 1861 Slavery had been abolished in the British Empire for 30 years. The Czar freed the serfs in 1861. That put us behind Imperial Russia in the realm of human rights. Can you imagine that?

Lincoln said in his inaugural address he was okay with state institutions being shielded from national laws by a constitutional amendment. What else could he do?

Had all the secession crap blown over in 1860-61, Lincoln couldn't and wouldn't have done anything. He would be another minor president like Buchanan and Pierce. The South would have continued to have a stranglehold on national affairs.

I have said the secesh were not very good at military ops. They were even worse at political ops.
All they had to do was retain their votes in the House and Senate. When the Southern reps said a big "frick you," to Washington, they gave the game away.

Your heroes were idiots - not as much sense as little children.