isn't it always the case with wars? get to the basics and its always
ecconomics with associated greed.


You betcha!  Proud, card-carrying, member of "Sons of Confederate Veterans"
Camp 1535, Brig. Gen. Roswell L. Ripley Post, Worthington, Ohio.

If it hadn't been for Sherman, the family would have stayed in Ga. and not
ended up in virtual poverty in Hackleburg, AL (NW corner of the state in
Marion Co.).  The family is still fighting the war over that one, if you
know what I mean.

Tell your story to the millions of Americans who have been brainwashed over
the last century by revisionist historians (and it's getting worse every
day).  You're right, with mechanization, slavery was becoming untenable and
simply not cost-effective.  The Northern body politic was not concerned in
the least with slavery, but was terribly concerned about the possible
economic impact of lost cheap raw material should the Southern states
seceed.  Constitutionally, Lincoln had no right to prevent secession and
could (should) have been impeached for not upholding the same.

It's interesting to note that in the North (where I live), there is far less
of a personal association with one's native state than one's native country.
In the South, the converse is true, with even the county level taking
precedence over the state.