"The real tragedy is IMHO is that all those good and brave men in the South were fighting to defend a Constitution that was built upon African slavery."
Dammit, Mike.......... The guys fighting on the Southern sides are just like the guys that have done the fighting in ALL Civil Wars. They joined the battle to protect "hearth and home" and then fought for the guy standing beside them.
Abstract ideas, such as "saving the Union", or "States rights" have no place on a battlefield, so your comment about " defending a constitution" is ludicrous.
Take it back.
