i'm very sorry that you are one of those poor misled people who are still under the impression that the civil war was fought on the issue of slavery.that only raised its head when the north was worried about intervention by some of the european powers who were enduring economic hardship due to the lack of cotton.besides,the most guilty person of all in the whole sorry mess was abraham lincoln,who,instead of meeting the confederate commissioners,called for 75,000 volunteers and started the whole sorry bloodbath.