Louis XXIV said:I think this is being a bit nitpicky.
You were just the person least likely to respond in a dumb way to the point
How is it debatable? You've haven't offered a single valid arguments to suggest there were other reasons. (Furthermore, the traitors started the damned war. Which made a considered Union recognition of the traitors something of a moot point).JEELEN said:If slavery was the main issue for the South (which, again, is debatable), it wasn´t for the war itself: the Union did not recognize the CSA, ergo it had to be brought back into the Union.