Pat – The League appeals to “the War for Southern Independence” – to them it was not just Lincoln’s war but a war to liberate them. It does no good to associate it with Lincoln as if he simply wanted to go to war. All efforts to reduce the Civil War to a simple set of factors with one side being all good and the other being all bad is revisionism.

Pat – Throughout our history, men have been expected to come to defense of the nation/state. The framers debated adding a religious exception to the requirement that men form a militia when needed. They didn’t. Many of them distrusted standing armies and expected all able bodied men to serve. Peroutka had no trouble with explaining the militia that way when discussing the 2nd amendment. All of a sudden he has a problem with compulsory service when discussing the 14th Amendment.

(I’m surprised at you, Teresa – and slightly wondering what is your agenda here.)

I have no agenda, Richard. I have a commitment to t(T)ruth; however, it may discomfit me … or, anyone else.

Pat – The League appeals to “the War for Southern Independence” – to them it was not just Lincoln’s war but a war to liberate them. It does no good to associate it with Lincoln as if he simply wanted to go to war. All efforts to reduce the Civil War to a simple set of factors with one side being all good and the other being all bad is revisionism.