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Originally Posted by flstf
I am afraid we are notoriously threadjacking but it is interesting to reflect on some of the statements made regarding the war.
From the following link: http://www.daveblackonline.com/take_...l_war_quiz.htm
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General Ulysses S. Grant:
"If I thought this war was to abolish slavery, I would resign my commission, and offer my sword to the other side." The speaker is Union General Ulysses S. Grant. If ever proof was needed to show that the war not fought to free the slaves, this is it.
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just because general grant said that, doesn't make it so. the civil war was not fought on the principles of what general grant thought or believed. president lincoln chose to go to war, and appointed general grant.
if a u.s. general today was to say "we're at war in iraq because they have wmd" doesn't make it so. if he were to say "we're at war because i think iraq was involved in 9/11" doesn't make it so.
however, that's not to say that i believe or think either the quotes from president lincoln or general grant to be false. i just don't think his statement is proof that the war was not fought to free the slaves... i think the statements from lincoln are the proof, lol.