[4CJ]

The south seceded, and was told by Chief Justice Lincoln that it was illegal, Senator/Congressman Lincoln delared war and raised an army, and President Lincoln sent troops into a foreign country. Senator/Congressman Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus, arrested thousands of innocent civilians, closed newspapers, and fought a war killing over 620,000, not to mention thousands of civilians kiiled by federal troops and starvation.

Then the states are forced to ratify the 13th Amendment (which was accepted) as a condition for RE-joining a union they allegedly never left, only when failing to ratify the 14th are kicked out (a violation of Article V BTW), puppet governments are instituted, and the south looted of untold millions in the next 12 years.

And we're supposed to pretend like it never happened. And like it.

[WhiskeyPapa]

The south seceded, and was told by Chief Justice Lincoln that it was illegal....

The Supreme Court held in the Prize Cases that the "so-called Confederate states" (to use their phrase) were in rebellion and that the president was authorized/required to put down the rebellion.

Walt