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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mac266, post: 988127, member: 26371&quot;]Thank you for the token / medal information.&nbsp; However, I would argue the above point vehmently.&nbsp; Southerners have been trying to re-write this piece of history for most of the 20th century (and all of the 21st thus far), but saying it isn&#039;t so doesn&#039;t make it not so.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Each of the states that seceeded from the Union wrote an &quot;Article of Secession,&quot; which was essentially a state&#039;s Declaration of Independence.&nbsp; *ALL* of them listed slavery or their &quot;freedom&quot; to choose to be a slave state as one of several causes for their choice to seceed.&nbsp; Several listed it as their primary reason.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will concede that if one is splitting semantic hairs, the wording of your quote makes it technically true.&nbsp; The North did not fight to free slaves - they fought to prevent the South from seceeding.&nbsp; The South -- by their own admission in every state&#039;s case -- fought for the &quot;right&quot; to own slaves because they perceived Lincoln&#039;s administration was going to abolish the institution.&nbsp; Many have argued they were fighting for states&#039; rights, which is also true -- they were fighitng for their states&#039; right to own people!</p><p><br /></p><p>So I suppose one could say with accuracy the war wasn&#039;t fought to free slaves.&nbsp; It WAS, however, fought over the institution of slavery.</p><p><br /></p><p>Btw, I am a published author and have a degree on the topic <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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