The Northern soldiers fought for Northern dominance over westward expansion. They had all three branches of the federal government and intended to keep it that way in perpetuity. The Southern soldiers fought for their own rights as a people to expand west and south. Slavery was a central issue in the cultural difference between North and South (European ethnic makeup was another big one, and urban vs rural), but it was just a very big tree in a "forest of competing interests." That is to say, Yankees didn't sign up to die so that blacks could move into their neighborhoods and take their jobs.
The Northern soldiers fought for Northern dominance over westward expansion. They had all three branches of the federal government and intended to keep it that way in perpetuity. The Southern soldiers fought for their own rights as a people to expand west and south. Slavery was a central issue in the cultural difference between North and South (European ethnic makeup was another big one, and urban vs rural), but it was just a very big tree in a "forest of competing interests." That is to say, Yankees didn't sign up to die so that blacks could move into their neighborhoods and take their jobs.
https://thedonald.win/p/11R4bqf9oV/never-forget-that-the-victors-wr/c/