HDGé, it was a war of states rights. As I said the overbearing states right that was being fought for was slavery.
There isn't much middle. Most southerners didn't own slaves but they supported the institution. Most northerners actually didn't care that much about slavery as protecting the union that was created by our Constitution and shat upon by the Confederate states.
I'll call the Confederacy traitors, not just criminals like Smooth. They betrayed their country in as clear a way as possible.
That crime of treason was largely forgiven in an attempt to quicky reintegrate the south into the USA.
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