Civil War... "Setting the Record Straight" VI

the definition says it all .faction or regions of the same country.did the south secede by constitutional amendment?was it a supreme court decision?what was the proccess ? i am sure you know . it sure wasnt soverign.before the civil war.

white persons generally like to be seen shaking hands and talking familiarly with blacks in the streets." - James S Buckingham English abolitionist

"this is only among the many proofs I had witnessed of the fact, that the prejudice of color is not nearly so strong in the South as in the North. In the south it is not at all uncommon to see black slaves of both sexes shake hands with white people when they meet, and interchange friendly personal inquiries: but at the North I do not remember to have witnessed this once: and neither in Boston, New York, or Philadelphia would

free dixie

Right...

Rhode Island is not an Island.

South refused to accept Kansas voting in a free Constitution. When efforts to use Federal power (Love it) to nullify Kansans' free will, Southerners tried to use force. In other words they started it, and it DOES hold water.

CSA/Balkan conflict are an un-related issue.

We intervened because of international pressure, after YEARS of avoiding the use of military force.

Can't invade your own country. CSA never proved their case to the American people, in a court of law. They CHOSE the battlefield.
The majority of Americans disagreed with their methods, and answered the call to defend the nation. The South wasn't defeated by the Feds. They were defeated by a committed American people. South reaped what it sowed.