[0.E.O]

Simple. The cause of the war was not slavery.

And the Confederate leaders were apparently all Darwinists.

[PeaRidge]

Darwin was naturalist and published his first work on evolution in 1859...not in time to influence any “confederate leaders’” thinking.

Had they become acquainted with Darwin's proposals, they would have truly been rank amateurs compared to Darwin and his peers.

This article is devoted to political opinion, not science.