States need to start their own volunteer militia's!!

[ConHog]

I always saw it as a political move to change the meaning of the war from 'holding the Union' to 'free the slaves.' It did work on that level, nearly all high school grads believe it was the war to free the slaves.

That's one thing that irks me. Lincoln himself said if he could preserve the union without freeing a single slave he would do so, clearly indicates the war was not about slavery to me.

not on the North's part anyway.