McPherson, in his book based on the correspondence of one thousand soldiers from both sides, What They Fought For, 1861-1865, reports that they fought for
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Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee was the first person offered command of the Union armies. How can it be that a “Southern racist” was offered command of
“The author acts as if the mere existence of the Confederacy inexorably caused the war that the North initiated in response to it. That is, the author merely assumes that if a state secedes from the United States, then war is an inevitable result. Moreover, she also wrongly assumes that the motivations behind secession were necessarily the same as the motivations behind the war.” Southern Secession Was One Thing — and the War to Prevent It Was Another | Mises Wire
The author acts as if the mere existence of the Confederacy inexorably caused the war that the North initiated in response to it. That is,
“Did you notice the huge logical mistake the author makes? It’s right here: “…the Confederacy, and therefore the Civil War….”” Southern Secession Was One Thing — and the War to Prevent It Was Another | Mises Wire
Did you notice the huge logical mistake the author makes? It’s right here: “…the Confederacy, and therefore the Civil War….” Source: Southern Secession Was One
