When one listens to these idiots and yes many or if not most are from up north and the NAACP then you would think that the whole war was about freeing slaves and the south wanted to take over the north which is so far from the truth.
The South said ENOUGH! If you Yankees want to live under the thumb of a tyrannical federal government then more power to you, but we in the South want to remain a Republic that respects the rights of states, and we will go our merry way, thank you very much.
But Lincoln would have none of that!
Lincoln knew if the South won all the states would eventually join the victorious Southern Republic and his dream of an all powerful federal government led by him in perpetuity would die.