User blog comment:ChazmanianDevil/A Response and Alternate Viewpoint on the Nature and Morality of the Confederacy/@comment-25356210-20170521184616/@comment-26295802-20170521184833

Indeed. My point was not to say that The South was entirely innocent, nor to say that The North was entirely guilty, only to say that the conflict was not the clear-cut "Glorious Crusade against Slavery by Gracious Righteous Perfect Northerners against an Evil Hate-filled South".