My main goal is to educate people on the true history of the Confederacy. I am the Ohio Division Adjutant of the SCV (Sons of Confederate Veterans), a descendant of Robert E. Lee and many other Confederate soldiers. The South was NOT fighting for slavery. They were fighting a tyrannical government (taxes, tariffs, and state rights) similar to what we are dealing with today. Less than 4 percent of people in the South owned slaves. And there was more freed blacks in the South than there was in the North. The Confederacy was the American Revolution 2.0 - They were defending the constitution and protecting their families and land from invasion. You will find no greater Patriots than the brave Confederate Soldiers. This is NOT what they teach in liberal run schools. That is the yankee lies. History was re-written by the victors of the war. I recommend getting the book "Defend Dixie". Its short, to the point, and full of facts and sources.
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Don't Robert E. Lee say, ""I wish I owned every slave in the South, for I would free them all to avoid this war"?
To me, that means slavery was, in fact, the number one issue for the civil war.
lincoln only freed slaves in the north because he was losing the war
yes you read that correctly
the war ALREADY EXISTED BEFORE LINCOLN DECIDED TO FREE SLAVES
that means the cause of the war, the "number one issue" as you say, could not have been slaves
Correct, the number one reason for the war was to keep the Union together. Lincoln knew that if he allowed the states to seceded then that precedent would be set. He also did emancipation as a catalyst to end the war which is why he waited until after the tides had turned at Gettysburg.