Originally Posted by Calhoun
And... key thing to understand is there is no one reason for the Civil War. The reasons varied from person to person and from state to state.

Most northerners weren't fighting and dying to free the slaves, no more than most southerners were fighting to keep their slaves - since most southerners didn't have any.

But slavery sat there behind everything, being the core catalyst for pretty much the entire thing.


And, here we go.

HBB, I suspect your suspicion will be proven right, and it only took just over three pages for it to start.


Originally Posted by Mannlicher
America needs to understand that our troops are not 'disposable'. Each represents a family; Fathers, Mothers, Sons, Daughters, Cousins, Uncles, Aunts... Our Citizens are our most valuable treasure; we waste far too many.