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GOD DENIED THEM VICTORY, BUT FATE GRANTED THEM A GLORIOUS IMMORTALITY
                            Confederate Tomb Stone - Richmond, Virginia

You Tube - How the South Was Lost  !!! The true story !!!
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Dedicated to the ladies that teach a little Confederate history! ...from Croatia, Europe.
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                              CONFEDERATE HISTORY TRIVIA 
                                                                    by Charles E Parks, CSA


In memory of
CSA Col. Stillwell McClain, N.C. Cavalry, and CSA Pvt. William Warren Williams, Georgia Infantry - both of whome fought with Gen. Lee in the Army of Northern Virginia. Only the latter made it back home.
And to the Catawba Indian Nation that lost so many men; few making it back alive but mangled from war - it is the only known period in the history of the tribe that the tribe went without male representation, till the younger bucks grew into adulthood.
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When this author began researching the history of the Confederacy back in 1990 to discover the issues of this war, many books were found attributing the cause of war between North and South to that of slavery. So many books in fact that at the end of 3 months of research, the conclusion was that the war was fought on the issue of slavery.
Enter Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
"The reputation of individuals is of minor importance compared to the opinion posterity may form of the motive which governed the South in their late struggle for the maintenance of the principles of the Constitution. I hope, therefore, a true history will be written, and justice done them (the men)".
It was this quote that took this author through the ages of history back to the Great Charter of Runnymede England 1215 AD, The Articles of Confederation, The Declaration of Independence, The U.S. Constitution, on into the C.S. Constitution, and to the actual history of the Confederacy - of which so little is known today.
Buried deep beneath the pages of history and ashes of war as one author put it - the truth reveals itself.
It is hoped the following honors Gen. Lee's wish, and will whet the appetite of others to know this relatively unknown history.

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                                      1861-1865 marks the era of the Confederacy.

1. Almighty God was central in the formation of the Confederate government as indicated on the Great Seal of the Confederacy with President George Washington, and the words DEO VINDICE (GOD WILL VINDICATE); The purpose of the Confederate Salute being written (detailed below); and in the Confederate Constitution where the words ..."invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God" are appropriately found in the first paragraph or the preamble of the Confederate Constitution.
Additionally, Confederate leaders and particularly Robert E. Lee and Thomas Johnathan (Stonewall) Jackson, as well as other Confederates, emulated English Knighthood as a mans honor was all important.
Always Christianity 1st, The Constitution as written by our founding fathers, and English Knighthood, are the 3 themes of the Confederacy - all of which has made the Confederate soldier the most renouned soldier of all throughout the world.

2. When South Carolina seceeded from the Union, it was thought there would be no war as secession is an American Constitutional right, reserved in the U.S. Constitution.
When President Lincoln forced the invasion of South Carolina, other Southern States objected and the Confederacy or a confederation of States was formed. An army was raised, post office, president elected, Constitution written (a virtual duplicate of the U.S. Constitution), and war waged, all during this 4 year time period - an amazing feat to say the least.
 
3. The center star in the Confederate flag represents South Carolina till it's sister and brethren States joined her.

4. The Confederate flag is upside down when the center star is upside down. *In battle, the flag was flown upside down indicating Yankee troops were in the area, and when there was a need for the troops to be quiet.

5. Many Confederate soldiers obtained a U.S. belt buckle, then wore it upside down (S.N) for Southern Nation.

6. An authentic Confederate belt buckle today is worth around $35,000 !

7. CSA Gen. Robert E. Lee's favorite horse was named Traveller spelled with two l's as was common with British spelling. They are buried together. Where ? Well that might make for some interesting reading.

8. "The Cause", or "Lost Cause" was Southern Independence and the Constitution. Not Slavery.

9. Confederate soldiers are official American veterans by an act of Congress. An attack on them, is an attack on all American veterans.

10. An estimated 30,000 men died in 2 days of fighting at the Battle of Stones River, Murfreesboro, Tn.  An estimated 10,000 men the first 10 minutes at Cold Harbor, Virginia.  50,000 men at Gettysburg, PA.

11. The era of the Confederacy and the era of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) are two separate eras of history. The Klan did not exist in the era of the Confederacy, but came about during the reconstruction period following the war.
There was little law and order in the South following the war. Rape, murder, and pillaging was all too common by the Carpet Baggers that came South to exploit the Southern people. The Klan came about as a result of a lawless country whereby the citizens took law and order into their own hands. Initially, the Klan did good, but eventually was overcome by those that weren't so good.

12. The war became a war to free men virtually 2 years after the war began as a political move by President Lincoln to be re-elected, and the Emancipation Proclamation to free the slaves was part of the political move; not a humanitarian effort to free the slaves, therefore the war was not fought on the issue of slavery. The issue prior to the slavery issue at the onset of war was President  Lincolns' hue and cry (in view of secession) "THE UNION MUST BE PRESERVED !!!"  where upon the South was invaded, unconstitutionally in the eyes of other Southern States, which then produced the formation of The Confederate States of America for the defense of the South when other states joined the defense of South Carolina.

13. The military tactics of Confederate Generals such as Lee, Jackson, and Forrest are studied at military academies throughout the world to this day. The Confederate soldier was generally greatly out numbered, and the tactics used by the South brought many hard fought victories at the onset of the war.

14. President Lincoln did not carry a single Southern electoral vote from Florida to Virginia, from South Carolin to Arizona, due to being viewed by Southerners as representing the industrialized North, not the agricultural South.
Lincoln's election triggered the South Carolina secession from the Union. It was the final straw. There had been a 30 year rift brewing and threats of secession up to that time over high tarrifs and taxes charged in Charleston SC at the port, with very little of the money being re-distributed to the South.

15. The U.S. Pledge of Allegiance was disliked by Confederates as Confederates believed, and rightly so, that no man pledges his allegiance to anyone or anything other than almighty God. Thus, the Confederate Salute was developed, "I salute the Confederate flag with affection, reverence, and undying devotion, to the cause for which it stands.
* "One nation under God"  was not added to the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance till Flag Day 1954.

16. The actual Confederate salute was with an open palm extended from the waist (as seen in many photos of George Washington) or with an open palm to the forehead - from English knighthood indicating there was no weapon in the palm.

17. The Confederate Constitution placed the strongest prohibition against slavery at the time of war.  If the war was fought for slavery by the South, why would the Confederacy have been taking steps to outlaw slavery ?
Further, if the issue of the South was to maintain slavery, the South would have simply remained in the Union rather than seceeding from the Union. Slavery was written in the U.S. Constitution at the founding of the country in 1776 to be outlawed in 1808, and was a Constitutional right long before, and even after the war, till it was eventually abolished.
By 1865 when the war between North and South began, slavery under the U.S. Constitution still had not been outlawed. There was too much money in it selling by Northerners selling slaves to Southerners.

18. The C.S. Constitution is virtually an identical copy of the U.S. Constitution and best illustrated  in the book THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT, Vol. 1&2 by CSA President Jefferson Davis where the pages are split with half a page on the left containing the U.S. Constitution, and the right side of the page with the C.S. Constitution, providing the reader the opportunity to see the actual changes in the two Constitutions.
President Davis displayed the two Constitutions in this manner in his book to demonstrate the South fought to uphold the Constitution as written by American founding fathers, thus proving the Southern war effort was not a revolution, or treasonous; a false claim often made by critiques of the Confederacy.
Follow this link to view the CS & US Constitutions: http://fax.libs.uga.edu/ccsus/1f/confederate_constitution.pdf
(The Constitutions are provided in PDF format and it will be necessary to magnify the page for proper viewing)        

* A 30 year rift involving taxation and representation preceeded the war starting in the 1830's. This 1833 document FREE TRADE PARTY / STATE RIGHTS PARTY found in the York, S.C. library, best illustrates the sentiment of the people in this time period leading to war.  Follow this link for some interesting reading:  southcarolinafre00stat[1].pdf  [~181K] 
By 1861 and with Lincoln's election not carrying a single Southern electoral vote from the entire South, South Carolina had enough...and seceeded from the Union. Slavery was a relatively insignificant issue at the time, and was guaranteed to the South...if they would stay in the Union. Again, why would the South fight for slavery if it was guaranteed to them by the North?

19. CSA President Jefferson Davis never surrendered the Confederacy. Technically, the war is still on !

20. CSA Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered, but Jeff Davis did not.

21. CSA Gen. and Cherokee Indian Chief Stan Watie was the last Confederate General to surrender.

22. What was the name of CSA President Jefferson Davis black body guard ?
ANSWER: Henry Winfield. His name is listed in the Tennessee Colored Men's Confederate Pension Records, with the names of many black Confederate soldiers that applied for a pension after the war.

23. What is the name of the poor black child found homeless by the Davis family, adopted, and lived with them in the Confederate White House ?
ANSWER:
Jim Limber (He was captured by Yankee troops never to be heard from again)

24. The misinformed will claim the Confederates were traitors to the Constitution and the United States. This is incorrect as the Confederates fought to preserve the Constitution as provided by the founding fathers, as evidenced by the Confederate Constitution being a virtual copy of the U.S. Constitution with very few changes, and the placement of George Washington on the Great Seal of the Confederacy indicating a strong belief in States Rights above Federalization of government. The Confederates thought themselves the true defenders of the Constitution, and the issue was debated in the papers of the day during the war, and remains debated to this day.

25. For a brief moment in history, White, Black, Native Americans, Jewish, Hispanic, and all races of the South at that time, came together in the Southern war effort to repel the Northern invasion, but after the war Black and White were pitted against each other in the 13 year reconstruction period following the war.
The good will found for each other during the war was broken, which then led to the Jim Crow laws.
White legislators were thrown out of office, and replaced with any Blacks at hand.
Confederate soldiers returned home, and were not allowed to vote, hold property, or hold jobs. 
Black and White were pitted against each other in this manner in the reconstruction period to maintain a Black voting block, which remains evident to this day, for much the same reasons. 
Money and power reign rather than good will toward one-another.

26. All races of the South supported the Southern war effort defending the South against Northern invasion. This included Jews, Native American Indians, and Black Confederate soldiers, among other races.

27. General Robert E. Lee's father Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, fought with George Washington in the American Revolution, and Light Horse Harry Lee's signature, can be found on the Bill of Rights!

28.Confederate leaders had freed their slaves prior to the time of war, but U.S. General Ulysses S. Grant maintained his slaves throughout the war, and after the war, claiming "Good help is hard to find".

29. The South Carolina secession from the Union followed President Abraham Lincoln's election, when Lincoln did not receive a single Southern electoral vote from Florida to Virginia, from South Carolina to Arizona - the entire South!!! The reason was not the slavery issue, but that Lincoln  was viewed as representing the industrialized North, not the agricultural South ! After all, there had been a 30 year rift between North and South over high tariffs and taxes charged to the South by the Federal government. LIncolns' election was the final straw. South Carolina seceeded the Union.

30. President Abraham Lincoln "The Great Emancipator" ??? did not devise the Emancipation Proclamation (EP) till well into the war, when it was fairly evident he would not be re-elected . The EP was used as a war measure to prevent France and England from supporting the Southern war effort, not as a humanitarian effort for slaves. A second reason was that Lincoln suspected the EP would create a slave insurrection in the South, but the slaves back home remained loyal to the mistress and children, while the husband was off in war defending the homeland.

31. Loyal black folks were often tortured and murdered by Yankee troops attempting to discover where the family valuables were hidden.

32. Lincoln did not free slaves in U.S. held territories where he had authority, and only applied the Emancipation Proclamation (EP)  to Confederate held territories where he had no authority.  As a result, no slaves were freed till well after the war, and Washington D.C., Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri, all remained slave states throughout the war !!!  Abraham Lincoln was no friend of the slave, and he was no friend of the South. Again, Lincoln was no friend of the slave, or the South.

33. Lincoln developed the Colonization Plan. Under this plan, Congress would purchase slaves, and relocate them generally to South America. The Colonization plan ended, when Congress ended the purchase and transportation of slaves.

34. The importation of slaves to America was through the cities of Boston, and New York. There is no documentation of slave ships having been chartered from Southern ports.

35. The Secession Trumph, a Southern drink
The Charleston Mercury March 15, 1861 reports: "A popular restaurant in this city has concocted a drink called "Secession Trumph". It is made up of equal proportions of brandy and sherry wine, well mixed with small pieces of lemon and orange, and flavored with a few grains of gun powder. It is quite palatable and very popular".

36. The cost of a slave was $500 - $10,000, and not affordable to the average family. Due to the high price, slaves were generally considered an investment worth providing reasonable care. If a slave and the master did not get along, the slave was generally sold for another that was more suitable.

37. Many slaves worked their way out of slavery, to become slave importers or slave masters themselves.
In the book Black Masters, William Elliston of Charleston S.C. worked his way out of slavery to become the owner of more slaves than the richest white planters at the time of war.

38. At Brandy Station, Union and Confederate cavalry attacked and counter attacked each other for 10-12 continuous hours, with swords.

39. THE SOUTH FIRED THE FIRST SHOT AND STARTED THE WAR !
Mr. Lincoln instigated the war by sending war ships to Charleston S.C. disguised as supply ships which sparked the war, thus preventing the issue of  the Constitutional right of secession by the South to ever go to court.  As a result, the war claimed an estimated 300,000 Southerners, and an estimated 400,000 Northerners, in 4 years, 1861 - 1865.

40. As late as the 1950's, it was bad luck in the South to find a penny and pick it up - if it was found with Abraham Lincoln looking at you. It still is bad luck !

41. CSA President Jefferson Davis was imprisoned for treason for 3 years after the war, only to be released by Federals when it was determined there was no case against the Southern President, as secession from the Union is...an American Constitutional right !
"If you bring these leaders to trial, it will condemn the North, for by the Constitution, secession is not a rebellion. His [Jefferson Davis] capture was a mistake. His trial will be a greater one. We cannot convict him of treason."
-- Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, 1867

42. Slavery existed millions of years before the discovery of America in Africa by black nationals capturing and selling black nationals on the beaches of Africa. Slavery existed in America the next several hundred years.
Slavery existed 4 years under the  Confederate flag. Slavery existed after the War Between the States under the American flag till the slavery practice was ended.
*The Confederate Constitution placed the strictest prohibition on slavery in this period of  time.

43. A slave in this time period cost $500 - $10,000. There were 3 classes of slaves. House servants, Craftsmen, and farm hands.

44. If you study Confederate history, you must realize that Confederates named their battles after towns, whereas Northerners named their battles after creeks or rivers; otherwise you may be reading about the same battle, and not know it.  For example, the first battle was at Manassas Virginia, at the creek of Bull Run. To Southerners, the battle is known as the Battle of Manassas, to the Northerners, the Battle of Bull Run. And the Bull ran that day, and again in another battle at the same location later in the war.

45. The Battle of Manassas was fought in the back yard of the Wilbur McLean farm. Wilbur saw the horror of war, and resolved to relocate his farm to Appomattox Virginia to get away from the war. 4 years later, the war ended in Wilbur McLean's parlor at Appomattox Virginia. What are the odds of such a strange turn of events? 

46. If you visit Ft. Sumter in Charleston S.C. where the war began, you must realize the top 30 feet of the fort was blown away by Federal bombardment throughout the war- but never surrendered.

47. Confederates developed the first submarine, and then sank the Yankee ship Housatonic in Charleston harbor.

48. One of the first atomic submarines was named the USS Robert E. Lee.

49, At Cold Harbor Virginia, 10,000 men died in the first 10 minutes of combat.
At the Battle of Stones River, Murfreesboro Tennessee, 30,000 men died there in 2 days of fighting. *After the first day of fighting, that night the Union and Confederate bands backed down on the Stones River, and played music together - then resumed the battle the next day !

50. The Confederate Army was the last known Christian Army.

51. CSA Gen. Jonathan (Stonewall) Jackson was killed in battle by friendly fire when he and his men were mistaken for Yankees. His arm was amputated near where he was wounded and buried there. His body was buried several miles away where he was carried for better medical attention.

52. One of the many famous battles of the war was the Battle of the Crater that took place at Petersburg, Va.
On the Union side, were many Pennsylvania coal miners that engineered a tunnel under Confederate held Head Quarters, spent 2 weeks loading it with all available explosives, with 10,000 men to rush the tunnel.
The fateful day came, and Confederate Head Quarters was blasted to the heavens, blowing a hole in the ground 30 ft. deep, 60 ft. wide, over 100 ft. long.
With such an explosion, Confederates from miles around emerged on the scene, during which time the Union troops dug their way out of the tunnel to attack, only to discover no ladders were available to scale the walls.

53. CSA Gen. Stonewall Jackson devoted much of his time and money providing education to poor black folks so that they might have a better life.

54. CSA President Jefferson Davis and his wife, adopted a poor homeless black child that resided with the Davis family at the Confederate White House in Richmond Virginai till taken by Yankees...never to be heard from again.

55. CSA President Jefferson Davis had a black body guard named Henry Winfield. His name is found in the Tennessee Colored Mans Confederate Pension Records with many other black Confederates; the only state that separated black and white Confederate soldiers by race. (Book: BLACKS IN BLUE AND GRAY)

56. The only Jewish military Cemetery outside Israel is located in Richmond Virginia.

57. The LOST COLONY OF THE CONFEDERACY is in Americana Brazil, where many Confederados relocated after the war. Every year a 3 day Confederate Ball  (festival) takes place where the men are dressed in Confederate uniform, the ladies in Southern style dresses, in honor of their Confederate ancestors.  The Confederate grave yard brought tears to President Jimmy Carter on his visit during his presidency, when he found the grave of a young Georgia Confederate Drummer Boy.

58. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)  Resolutions of 1992 clearly call for the removal of all Confederate monuments on public property throughout the South claiming the Confederate flag and monuments are symbols of racism, and have been successful in having numerous flags and monuments removed from public display, which continues as an ongoing campaign today, while the rest of the world views the Confederate flag as a symbol of liberty above Federalization of government.

59. The "General" was a Southern train that was stolen during the war by Yankee sent to steal the largest and strongest locomotive of the South.  If you don't know the story of the "General" you might find it interesting reading.

60. CSA Gen. Robert E. Lee's home was taken by Federals to bury dead Yankees primarily to spite the South.  It is now Arlington National Military Cemetery.

61. The largest Confederate flag in the world is located just outside Tampa Florida, at the intersection of Interstate 4 & 70, as of April 25, 2009.

62. CSA Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest:
Wounded 4 times in battle, 29 horses shot out from under him, 30 documented Yankee kills (7 of which were on the front lines with his own sword)...and the only Confederate General wanted to badly by the Federals they put a bounty out on him.
Founder of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) he attempted to disband the KKK soon after it's founding. Gen. Forrest was criticized during and after the war as it was thought that he massacred black Union troops at Ft. Pillow. However, few realize that most of his men were black Confederate soldiers; friends of his from Memphis Tennessee.
Gen. Forrest provided an opportunity to surrender to the troops at Ft. Pillow, and under the rules of war could massacre the fort if it did not surrender. The surrender was refused; Forrest and his men massacred the fort.

63. CSA Col. John Mosby- GRAY GHOST OF THE CONFEDERACY
Mosby and his men captured several train cars loaded with .45 caliber pistols during the war.
His men threw away their swords, and strapped on as many .45's as they could on themselves and their horses, and proved to be a disaster to any Yankee troops they encountered.
He and his men were never captured as they dispersed at night and slept at various farms, then reappeared in the fog of the morning to ride again.
Mosby was quoted at stating that each of his men could ride by a tree at a full gallop on horse back, and put a bullet in the base of a tree !

64. The Confederate flag is used throughout the world as a symbol of LIBERTY, ABOVE TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENTS. How unjust at home in the Southland, the Confederate soldier and his cause "The Lost Cause" has been shunned by organizations such as the NAACP, who do not even recognize their own, the Black Confederate Soldier.

65. The Veterans Administration does not allow Confederate descendants to visit the graves of Confederate soldiers at Point Lookout, Maryland on Memorial Days. Point Lookout was President Lincoln's prison where many Southerners were let to die of starvation, even at a time when the North had ample food supplies. Most were incarcerated when Lincoln suspended the Writ of Habeas Corpus meaning one could be arrested for no reason at all, and many were. Who cares how descendents honor their family dead ? Apparently some of those with the Veterans Administration are abusing their power.

66. The Confederate soldier is renowned throughout the world as the Confederate soldier did not fight for loot and plunder - he fought without food, without pay, without clothing, without medical supplies, against overwhelming odds, and was quite often victorious. President Lincoln himself proclaimed that 1 Rebel was worth 3 Yanks.

67. The USS Robert E. Lee was the first U.S. nuclear powered ballistic missile ship built in the South, the 3rd added to the U.S. fleet and launched 16 Sept. 1960 just in time for the Civil War Centennial 1961 - 1965 and decomissioned 1 Dec. 1983. (23 years of service)

68. U.S General George S. Patton Jr. made comment of how proud his Confederate ancestors would be in the movie "Patton".

69. CSA Gen. John C. Pemberton developed the recipe for the popular drink Coca Cola, which at the time contained cocain. Cocain was used by Pemberton for a wound suffered in the war.
At one time the Coca Cola company had a brochure honoring Pemberton, but dropped the brochure when the history of the Confederacy became unpopular due to political correctness.

MAGNOLIA PLANTATION, CHARLESTON S.C.
Magnolia Plantation...is a beutiful plantation in Charleston.
I heard the story of Magnolia Plantation and obtained a brochure, which I understand this aspect of the history of the plantation has been deleted as it is not politically correct.
It's been awhile since I read the story, but this is the jist of it.
During the war between North and South, the owner of the plantation heard that his slaves had revolted at the plantation.
He didn't return to the plantation, but instead went and stayed in Flatrock, North Carolina.
Several months later, there was a knock at the door.
It was his loyal slave master from the plantation that had traveled the distance from Charleston to Flatrock to inform him that the plantation had been burned by Yankee troops, and that the 77 or so slaves back at the plantation was waiting for him to return, and rebuild the plantation.
That he did. He returned to the plantation with his loyal slave master, and with the help of the loyal slaves, Magnolia Plantation was rebuilt, and remains today as one of Charleton's great tourist attractions. 
This is no an isolated incident. There are many other such documented instances found in...the history of the South!

There is much much more to be discovered about the Confederate heritage. It is found buried deep beneath the pages of history, the ashes of war, a result of  todays political correctness.
The Confederate heritage is second to none, which is precisely why we will demand the vote by the people on the issue of where the Confederate flag  flies in South Carolina... till the cows come home.
Like President Davis, WE WILL NEVER SURRENDERER. The sacrifice of the Confederate soldier was too great, and the Confederate soldier is due a corrected history against those that falsely claim he fought for racial hatred against others when he fought to defend the U.S Constitution as written by the founding fathers.

From the book CONFEDERATE HERITAGE by Charles Park, soon to be released.

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               WAS THE WAR FOUGHT ON THE ISSUE OF SLAVERY ?

Well, this is an issue that has been discussed since 1865, quite often in heated debate.
Quotes from U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, as well as C.S. President Jefferson Davis can be taken in quantity that suggest the war was not fought on the issue of slavery, as well as the war was fought on the issue of slavery.
The same can be said for a document here and there that indicate the same.
However, incidents related to this war between North and South perhaps complets the question: Was the war fought on the issue of slavery ?

1. Lincoln's Election - Lincoln did not carry a single electoral vote from the entire South. He was viewed as representing the industrialized North, not the agricultural South. Lincoln's election with no votes from the South, began the S.C. secession. (Not slavery, as many would like to contend)

2. The issue of secession was not allowed to enter the court system as Lincon knew that secession IS an American constitutional right. The court system was averted by use of direct military force by Lincoln.

3. With the staged event by Lincoln for the South to fire upon the North, Lincon used the hue and cry for war "The South fired on the North" the first 1 1/2 years of the war - not "We are fighting a war to free the slaves".

4. Any student of Lincoln will quickly realize Lincoln was a racist from our viewpoint today, and had no interest what-so-ever in assisting or freeing the Black peoples from the institution of slavery.

5. Throughout the war and afterwards, Lincoln's Union maintained 5 Northern slave states.
Technically, it was 4 states and one district. Washington D.C. (District of Columbia), Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri.

6. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation did not free Black people in the Northern States. He applied it only to Southern States where he had no jourisdiction. As a result, no slaves were freed in the North or South at that time.

7. The Emancipation Proclamation to free Black people did not come up till virtually 2 years into the war, and was used by Lincoln primarily for the purpose of being re-elected, not as a humanitarin effort. It did not free anyone since it was directed to the South where Lincoln had no jourisdiction and Lincoln did not free anyone in the slave holding Northern states - where he had jourisdiction.

8. The Confederate Constitution, a virtual replica of the U.S. Constitution, placed the strongest prohibition against slavery at that time !!!

9. Most all Confederate leaders opposed slavery, and had freed their slaves prior to the war - while many Union leaders and soldiers maintained slaves through the war, and after the war.

10. There's more ! One can go on and on with evidence the war was not fought on the issue of slavery, as easily as one may contend the war was fought for slavery, although the evidence the war was not fought on the issue of slavery is much more abundant when one delves into the issue.
The fact that very few Confederate soldiers owned slaves makes it unlikely they were willing to sacrifice their life for the sake of the institution of slavery.
The fact that the Confederate Constitution is virtually identical to the U.S. Constituiton indicates the war fought on behalf of the South was not a revolution - but a war for the Constitution as founded by American founding fathers, States Rights - evidenced further by George Washington on the Great Seal of the Confederacy.
The South was invaded by the North, and the Southern cause was Southern Independence and the Constitution - not slavery.

11. So what was the war really all about ?
Money and Power.
With the victory of the North, all tax monies are sent to Washington D.C. and the Supreme Court tell us how to live.
For example, if the people of the State of South Carolina want prayer in school systems, the Supreme Court tells the States it is not allowed.
Bottom line for the North: Money & power.
Bottom line for the South: Southern Independence and the Constitution (The Lost Cause) (States Rights). The ability for the South to govern themselves, self determination.
 
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