uaskme
1st Lieutenant
- Joined
- Nov 9, 2016
- Location
- SE Tennessee
Of course it was. People who advocate for the southern rebellion believe that America should have just allowed the rebels to leave. That no one in the north fought for any higher principle than to keep the economic engine of the south as part of America. And if anyone actually fought for America or to free the slaves they were a very small minority.
They believe that keeping this great country from dissolving into a bunch of squabbling, warring, nation-states (because no democracy or republic could long exist if a minority can just break away because they don’t like the results of an election, and have no mistake if the south would have just been allowed to go that is the precedent that would be set) and freeing over 4.2 million enslaved people was not worth the loss of 700,000 lives.
I, on the other hand, believe the exact opposite.
Whig view of History.
It is often said if the South had won the Civil War, Germany would of won WWII. Guess Lincoln was looking to the future?
Some believe the actual History has relevance. People argue Narrative and the History escapes out the back door!