[DiogenesLamp]

It is with too broad of a brush to say "for the South the War was about slavery". It is no exaggeration to say that for the Leadership of the Confederacy the War was most certainly all about slavery.

And as I wearily once more point out, it matters not what the Southern motivation was for independence, the decision as to whether or not there would be a war was entirely in the hands of the North.

In other words, the only reasons that matter are the Union reasons, because if they did not want to prosecute a war, there would have been no war.

They did want to prosecute a war, and their reasons for prosecuting this war were not to abolish slavery, but were instead for the purpose of dominating states that had broken away from their control.

[HandyDandy]

Sorry, my mistake, I should have made it clear that my statements were in response to the question, “If the South had won the war would it have ended slavery?” Posted by jmacusa. My emphatic answer to that question is, “no”. If you would like to take a crack at answering that question with a simple yes or no, I would welcome your response. Note that the question can be answered without any mention of the North.

[lentulusgracchus]

only reasons that matter are the Union reasons, because if they did not want to prosecute a war, there would have been no war.

Bullseye.

Our ancestors had it right: it was "Mr. Lincoln's War".

They did want to prosecute a war .... for the purpose of dominating states that had broken away from their control.

Bullseye again. Two in the nine-ring.