Originally Posted by htperr6565

I would of fought for the South. Slavery would have eventually been abolished, and Lincoln only emancipated the slaves for political reasons, half way through the war, after previous policies made slaves 'contraband.' (Contraband became hard to feed so the union freed them, letting them fend for theirselves) Other reasons why:

1. The South had a more global economic mindset than the protectionist north. The industrialists who benefited from the war eventually dragged us in WW1

2. The south was more likely to complete the Jeffersonian vision of America composed of yeoman farmers, (independent people who would not have embraced industrial slavery as much as the north)