"I was surprised to see, in another thread, that several members stated their belief that slavery was “on the way out” when the War started. They suggested that, even without the Civil War, Southerners would have done away with slavery within a ..."
"... after lincoln was elected he offered the seceded states a deal.. Lincoln wrote EACH of the governors of the seceded states saying that he would guarantee the corwin ammendment would be passed if they rejoined, and the south declined it. the corwin ..."
"Modern conceptions of the Civil War grossly underestimate the importance of political union as a motivator to the northern psyche, said Professor Gary W. Gallagher, speaking Monday at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia."