Kind of off target Comments -
The Civil War was not fought over slavery. Lincoln himself is known to have said "If I could save the union without freeing a single slave, I would do so; If I could save the union by freeing some slaves and not others, I would do so."

Good grief. Why don't you pick up a history book for once in your life? Are you one of the stupid dickheads left that still believe the Civil War was fought over a disagreement about slavery? Go play in traffic.

Saw these comments, Really slavery wasn't a factor for the Civil war, get real - well I guess you are correct a good portion of the polical decisions of that time came down to one one point Greed - money land and or power. You can't go by the pure history books from HS "His Story" (depends upon who wrote it) you have to cover the whole decision process including land purchases why they were done who made the decisions and who they impacted (indians hmmm), granted a good portion of the of those who paid the price were in-different, the bottom line those who made the decision were land/slave owners: you can bet if there were no slavery there would not have been a Civil War