Dan Minette wrote:
> Its true that you can find some historian on any side of an issue. That
> doesn't mean that there is not a good way to determine what is likely,
> unlikely, and very very unlikely. For example, its quite unlikely that the
> Civil War was fought over states rights.
The Civil War was *waged* over slavery.
Some of those doing the fighting were fighting for states' rights, so
arguably it was *fought* over that.
A lot of those in the South put their state above the nation. Lee
wouldn't fight for the Union because his Virginia was part of the
Confederacy. And this putting the state before the nation was probably
one of the major factors that lost the war for the South.
Julia
_______________________________________________
http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
