"Horn, John" wrote:
>
> > From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > If you'd asked one of them if the subject of the war was "slavery"
> or
> > "states rights", they'd have said "states rights."
>
> Of course, the particular "states right" they were so concerned
> about losing was slavery.
Which was the primary concern of the politicians and the people in
power, but *not* of most of the infantry.
The leaders meant X, said Y, the rank-and-file believed Y.
Julia
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