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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.
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Civil Wars are different than regular wars buddy. Civil wars are over whatever the people fighting say it is for.
To Grant it was about saving the Union, NOT about slaves. It's been pointed out many times he owned slaves until about 8 years after the war ended.
To Lee it was about state rights, NOT about slaves. It has also been well documented that Lee would push to have slavery abolished after the war in the South, and stood strongly against it.
Ok, so the general for the North argued it wasnt about slavery, he owned slaves himself, and disagreed with emancipation. The general for the South owned no slaves, supported emancipation, and argued it wasnt about slavery... what does that tell you about the war?
It's suddenly easy to see it wasnt about slavery.