Except that it only became a “confederate idea” when they broke away from the union and went to war against their own neighbors in order to perpetuate the Peculiar Institution.
That said, I can honor the memory of the soldier without endorsing or condoning the war they waged against the United States.
Is it true that the majority of confedrate soldiers weren’t slave owners but were rallied by slave owners to fight a war against northern aggression?
“Except that it only became a “confederate idea” when they broke away from the union and went to war against their own neighbors in order to perpetuate the Peculiar Institution.”
With that line of stupidity, you would say the Nazi were only trying to right the wrongs of WWI.
But not all slave states broke away. Delaware, Maryland Kentucky, Missouri and the new West Virginia remained in the Union as slave states. Even DC still had slavery for several months.
After the Civil War was over, several of these states kept their slaves another eight months under the Stars and Stripes till the Thirteenth amendment was passed.
I watched the movie GETTYSBURG again the other night. One of the interesting lines was spoken by a Confederate. “Hell We should have freed the slaves, THEN bombarded Ft Sumter!”