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Originally posted by KSig RC
Let's not pretend that the North actually went to war to free the slaves, either - that's an even worse post-hoc generalization.
It is certainly ironic (and exceptional) that one of the greatest positives to ever come out of a war was more or less the work of a vocal minority - IIRC, it was the least-popular decision Lincoln made, and he was nearly crushed in the (northern) press for it.
The civil war, and even the 300 years before it, are certainly a massive bruise on the face of American culture, period - I can't imagine celebrating any part of it, especially not in sequined prom-dress form. But again - she most likely has that right, but that's for smarter folk than me to decide.
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It was the least popular decision he made, although he wasn't a popular President at the time, at all. The things said about him the press and by other political figures of the time was less than flattering. It crossed lines that most politicians and editorial writers wouldn't cross today (for the most part). His progression from being reviled and hated to beloved is one of the biggest transformations in presidential history, in my honest opinion.
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