[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I don't deny the South was going to lose, provided the North was as determined as the South, which they were not. But they were determined enough.

In the event, the War happened, so by that standard, it was unavoidable.

There was plenty of open and vocal abolitionist sentiment in the South prior to the War. Once the War began, they shut up.

[moonshot925]

I agree.

The north had an enormous advantage, but it still took 4 years and 370,000 lives to defeat the south.