[IrishBrigade]

‘IT was about slavery in the south, it was about preserving the Union to the north.’

it would not have been necessary for the Union to fight to preserve itself, had the confederate states not seceded-—over slavery, as you yourself agreed was the southern incentive...

so in that regard, yes the war was over slavery...

[DarkSavant]

had the confederate states not seceded-—over slavery<>BR>
No it wasn't

They had every right to secede, for any reason, even slavery. The Union chose not to respect their right, and went to war. The North was the aggressor. The North fought to preserve the Union, thereby making the Feds a hegemon the States were wholly subservient to. How was this a victory?