So why did all the Union soldiers go to war?
Because they were told to... that the United States was being attacked... to preserve the union.. by force.. suborning the soverignty of the other states... as it is today.. and that states were not soverign entities.. makeing the United States a democracy... as it is now.. and no longer a republic.. long since defunct..
You do know america is a de-facto democracy don't you... the american constitution was given as a limitation of the federal government not as an entitlement to mess with state inherent rights <<-- also long since a mirage.. yeah!.. a democracy(mob rule) is what we are in the U.S.A. a republic is only is a mirage in the minds of SOME republicans as they plug on to preserve what don't even exist anymore.. pity too... to be so delusional.. democrats are not illusional they know america is a democracy... and not a republic... its the republicans that should slapped and slapped again until they start speaking this fact BUT that would require actions they are cowards to face...
Speaking the truth would make the democrats rise up and gnash their teeth for being so exposed.. and probably kill the messager.. republicans being the cowards they are is probably the reason for the gibberish they mouthe..
And thats the truth... as I see it..
When reading Stephen Sears books on Chancellorsville and Antietam and Stackpole's and Furgenson's book on Chancellorsville... they offer overwhelming proof that the Civil War did not start out as a fight for and against slavery.
Sears does extensive work showing that Lincoln chose to change the war from a fight for preserving the Union to one about Slavery for purely political reasons -- one main reason was to so that terms of the conflict could be defined as a "fight against slavery" to keep England and France from joining the conflict on the South's side. Sears is not alone is this analysis. All three authors mentioned above quote extensively from leading Northern newspapers and correspondance from both Union/Confederate soldiers to show each sides anger that Lincoln would not only change the terms of the conflict, but reduce it (or bottomline it) to this.
Did some Union soldiers fight to free the slaves. Yes! Joshua Chamberlain in his books says he went to war because he believed that slavery was wrong. He is just one of many examples. And I could find Southern examples of men fighting to preserve slavery.
But, these men seem to be in the minority when you look at the overwhelming negative reaction in both the North and South to the Emancipation Proclamation.