I never thought it go 30 pages. I figured 10 or 12. Many of us are tried and true history buffs
But you have to take into account there’s 15 pages devoted to whizzing contest, mainly by people who never really studied the politics that brought on the war, and fed people into the meat grinder that drove it.
As I said you can’t deny that slavery drove 7 states to secede, but it’s also totally false to say that slavery caused the war. With VA, TN, NC, and AR refusing to join the Confederacy until after Lincoln called for war, I believe a compromise could have averted it.
Reon

"Preserving the Constitution, fighting off the nibblers and chippers, even nibblers and chippers with good intentions, was once regarded by conservatives as the first duty of the citizen. It still is." � Wesley Pruden