It was not a civil war, America. It was a COUP DE TAT!!! The war was two, organized government's waging war against each other. That is a COUP DE TAT, not a war! Victors always get to REWRITE HISTORY. It's called PROPAGANDA.
Many Americans know very well....NElTHER SIDE entered the war over slavery. Lincoln and his radicalized revolutionaries had already monopolized and controlled the North's economy They wanted to bring the ENTIRE COUNTRY under their economic / political "American System", ie: the govt "managed economy"
The South resisted....they had had enough of the North's economic exploitation. By, 1860.....75% of revenue sucked away from the South....was used to SUBSIDIZE the Northern economy....business, roads, canals, public works, railroads, etc,
This is what the War of Northern Aggression was REALLY about...... to destroy the original republic and bring the ENTIRE national economy and political system under centralized control.
And, this was the seed that was sowed in 1865....that has now produced the despotic and aggressive Welfare / Warfare state we live under today. Close and honest analysis of this period leaves no confusion. Remember.....maggot Karl Marx released the Communist Manifesto in 1848....and also attempted several revolutions in Europe, which were crushed. MANY of these veterans CAME TO AMERICA and joined the U.S. Army 25% of the U.S. Army in 1860.....were veteran's of these communist revolutions. The mid 19th was the rise of communism and statism. AMERICA WAS INFECTED WITH THIS VERMIN.