http://www.historynet.com/jason-phillips-aaron-sheehan-dean-interview.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:03:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.historynet.com/jason-phillips-aaron-sheehan-dean-interview.htm/comment-page-1#comment-16364 Craig Campbell Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:20:25 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13678978#comment-16364 The 'Lost Cause' was not slavery ; but thinking by states rights [ not a right to own slaves ] states could voluntarily secede ,like by states right they voluntarily joined the union. The non-slaveowner yeoman diehard reasons for fighting were 1] defending the homeland from the invading mercenary arsonist horde 2] hope that Abe would tire from 'preserving the union' and allow the seccession. 3] that European nations might intervene to break the blockade., end the war. 4] God favored the brave. Not abstract principles like defending the rich , and the institution of slavery, as proposed . Every American war since 1865 , has had a reconstruction period tradition, including Iraq. I'm a I.T.civil war reenactor and have heard all the liberal revisionist rubbish at campfires... The ‘Lost Cause’ was not slavery ; but thinking by states rights
[ not a right to own slaves ] states could voluntarily secede ,like
by states right they voluntarily joined the union.
The non-slaveowner yeoman diehard reasons for fighting were
1] defending the homeland from the invading mercenary
arsonist horde
2] hope that Abe would tire from ‘preserving the union’ and allow
the seccession.
3] that European nations might intervene to break the
blockade., end the war.
4] God favored the brave.
Not abstract principles like defending the rich , and the
institution of slavery, as proposed .
Every American war since 1865 , has had a reconstruction period
tradition, including Iraq. I’m a I.T.civil war reenactor and have
heard all the liberal revisionist rubbish at campfires…

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