alt.war.civil.usa

On Feb 12, 8:48=A0pm, "Ray O'Hara" wrote:
> "Hugh Lawson" wrote in message
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> > scribe7716 writes:
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> > > On Feb 12, 7:28?am, Hugh Lawson wrote:
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> > > > The states that formed the CSA seceded from the US because of a desi=
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> > > > to protect slavery. ?This is certainly true. ?The secessionists made=

> > > > it clear in every way they could that they wanted to secede because
> > > > slavery was at risk if they remained in the US. ?Rational people don=
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> > > > argue about this.
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> > > > So the goal of protecting slavery was a purpose for secession and th=
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> > > > formation of the CSA.
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> > > > This does not account completely for the causation of the war though=
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> > > > the North could have negotiated a peaceful separation.
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> > Sc.
> > > And the slave south could have chosen not to separate.
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> > Yes, of course secession was a deliberate choice that might
> > have been done otherwise. What in my post made you think it necessary
> > to make your point?
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> > --
> > Hugh Lawson
> > hlaw...@triad.rr.com
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> because you make it sound like it was the northern response that caused th=
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> war.
> that's like blamig the u.s. for the pacwar =A0for declaring war after pear=
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> the south fired on ft sumter because they desired war. they felt contempt
> for the north and thought a war would be a unifying force.
> they just miscalculated who it would unify more.- Hide quoted text -
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The South did not fire on Ft. Sumter because they desired war.
Lincoln deliberately sent a fleet of ships with men and supplies to
reinforce the fort, and rather than wait for it to be resupplied with
food, arms, ammuntion, and soldiers, the Southern military decided to
take it before they arrived. He could have chose not to provoke them,
but did so with deliberation.

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Ken Hogan