helmuthoorn (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The British made excactly the same mistake as Lee did, 53 yrs later at the battle of the Somme.

EmperorAlgus (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Yeah and they got thier ass handed to them when they were unable to create a great civilization like Europe.

Agent1W (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Yes, I know what you mean. Native Americans were HERE since the beginning of history, long before the colonization of other people.

chopinandliszt (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

anyways, slavery was one of the various important causes of the war. When Blacks joined the Federals, Confederates threatened to kill every captured Black. Slavery was also the backbone of Southern economy, since they provided cheap source of labour in Southern farms. This is just one of many important matters in which the North and the South disagreed with each other and finally turned against one another. Basically, Southern states wanted to be free and able to make their own decisions.

Nebelwerfer89 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

whats amazing is that the confederate soldiers nearly one this battle against all odds=O

rob9641 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Were you one of the reenactors/actors who took part in this march? Check in if you were - what do you remember most about the experience?

xVin89x (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

we also might not be here.. we would not nearly be as strong if we were seperated among different states. and it was the founding fathers who created the federal government to protect the rights of the people.

ChaserRox94 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

It wasn't because of Lincoln either. I am total Federal and a Federal reenactor, but I understand the South too. Slavery was a meer smiggen of the conflict. The Confederacy wanted to go by the Articles of Confederation, like what the colonist had first used before making a Constitution after the Revolutionary War. Each state had wanted it's own government, it's own currency, it's own economy. Lincoln and Slavery was just little ants compared to what really was the conflict.

sluggo080 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

no it was Lincoln who wanted to preserve the union.

MissouriCSA (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

If you think all those thousands of men were fighting for slavery then you are crazy.