Originally Posted by crockett

But there wouldn't of been a war if the south didn't succeed from the Union. The north would not of sent troops into the south just because of "slavery". The south would have continued on with slavery just like normal, but eventually pressure would of been too great to keep it up.

The war was because the south succeeded.. Lincoln would have never started a war with the south over slavery.. He would of been tarred and feather and sent down the road on a donkey..

The south made the miscalculation that if they succeeded, the north wouldn't be able to stop them. They were wrong.

Just like the U.S. Would have never went to war against Iraq the first go round in 1991 had Sadam not invaded Kuwait. Just because Sadam was a bad guy wouldn't of cause the war.. It was the action of the Kuwait invasion which caused our intervention, just like it was the succession of the south which caused the civil war, not slavery..