Whatever the "real" reasons for the war, as all of you can speculate about while digesting 150 year old propaganda, the fact remains that a divided America would not be where it is today, or even the past 50 years, and that's all you should give a crap about. The past is the past. Learn from it and move on.   See 5 other replies

<<Now the Confederacy broke away because Federal policy was going to destroy the southern state's economy, which relied heavily on slave labor. Believing that Britain was going to back them up (due to the cotton trade between Britain and the US), the southern states broke away and formed their own country.>>That's a good start, but look up the "Three-Fifth's Compromise" as well, and what the abolition of slavery would do to the country's balance of power. The Civil War was a power grab by Lincoln and the Republican Party. The more things change, the more they stay the same.   See 5 other replies

One more thing, so you don't know what Deo Vindice means right?   See 5 other replies

Alright I'll take the paragraphing into consideration but I have a southern flag because I live in the south and its my heritage and it was the right thing to defend the native land from invaders. Mizzouri where I live is southern and it is and was Confederate. However how are we really going to know what happened if we weren't there. I just thought that saying South was for slavery and the North wasn't sounded ignorant. Now explaining more about the Southern culture and the Northern culture too.What about what our troops who fought to defend their homes, you just think we should forget about it because so many years have pass? The Confederate States have always fought to DEFEND THEIR HOMES and never invaded other countries and kill many innocent people with like the "United States" have done for about 50 years. But that is what the ignorant polititans running the the government do. The government people migh not tyrannise Northerners because washington D.C. is up north and always changes, where as the South is traditional and have a different culture. We usually have alot of farm land but there are also alot of that in the north, so the government wants to take that land, destroy it and make houses so they can get more money.Also the corprate farm that used to be family farms. Where can those families gat food to provide for themselves and others huh? Keep in mind the Northern farmers too. The South is rattling again and we are going to get independence and freedom. No slavery and no racism is gonna make it into the Confederacy!!
SIC SEMPER TYRANNTIS!!!!!!!   See 5 other replies

First of all, posting in blocks like this are just painful to read. If you really want someone to take it seriously, I suggest that you at least split your statements into separate paragraphs.Second, I understand that some people have a grudge against the "Union" as you call it for what happened. I'll go ahead and agree with you that the main cause of our Civil War was simply to reunite our nation. It was this nation as a whole that fought off the British, twice in order to preserve what the ENTIRE nation stood for. I'm a firm believer that the purpose of our country is to give a place for all to live free.Now the Confederacy broke away because Federal policy was going to destroy the southern state's economy, which relied heavily on slave labor. Believing that Britain was going to back them up (due to the cotton trade between Britain and the US), the southern states broke away and formed their own country. Now I believe that given the right circumstances, individuals and groups have the right to break away from their government when they feel that the government is impeding their God given rights as human beings. In that sense, I don't believe that the Confederacy did anything wrong. I do however stand against the sheltering of ANYONE who willingly supports measures to take away another person's rights. The rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The Confederacy as a whole may not have supported slavery, but they also didn't abolish it or support abolishing it. Their actions therefore aren't ones that I can support so I think that Lincoln and his administration did the right thing.However, you are entitled to your own opinion, no matter how much it seems like a rabid and unreasonable conspiracy theory. I don't know how you would justify the actions of a government that you hold dear even though they collapsed about 150 years ago but then again I don't really care. I just thought I should provide the counter-argument to your ramblings.   See 5 other replies