“I don’t think anyone who has studied the war seriously, be they supporters of the Union or the Confederacy, would think that the Union fought the war to end slavery.”
Well, if that’s true we can dismiss forever the notion that the North fought the war for some high moral cause like “freeing the slaves.”
I like to think that preserving the country that our Founding Fathers bequeathed to us, whole and intact, was high moral cause enough.
Do you spend the rest of your free time fighting off other 2nd grade history short-hand lessons?
1. Columbus knew the world was round. So did nearly every other learned person of his age.
2. The American Revolution was not fought soley for “Freedom”
3. George Washington did not chop down a cherry tree against his father’s wishes.
One tin soldier rides away.
They aren't going to give that up. It's the only "moral" reason for which they can sort of justify all the blood that was spilled.
It is their fig leaf.