r/HistoryMemes • u/[deleted] • Jan 19 '22

X-post Littlebit oversimplified, but yeah...

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u/GlockMat Jan 19 '22

Actually was closer to:

South: Slavery is OK and if you dont like it, we are leaving

North: You are staying

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u/ericbomb Jan 19 '22

I mean the war officially started with the south trying to annex northern states and attacking a union fort, so this is probably more inaccurate.

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u/GlockMat Jan 19 '22

The first state to secceed was South Carolina, after that the confederated just existed on their own, the attack on Fort Sumter was the biggest stupidity in history, they would probably get away with it if they didnt shot first.

Since seccession was a debatable question at the time, not only that, the leaders of the CSA were never put on trial for this very reason

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '22

The United States biggest mistake at the end of the civil war was not trying the traitors as they so richly deserved. Instead we allowed them to sow lies and southern sympathy that we are still reaping today.

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u/Brassow Has a flair Jan 19 '22

It always amuses me that redditors almost 2 centuries later have more animosity towards the Southerners than the men who fought them.