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<blockquote data-quote="SoonerATC" data-source="post: 1509000" data-attributes="member: 9576"><p>I've been watching Ken Burns' documentary on the Civil War lately. A historian mentions at one point that Jeff Davis lamented over the powers that Lincoln had, as the Confederacy was not only leary of Washington but of centralized power even in Richmond. </p><p></p><p>It also mentions that Northern support of the war waned when they felt that they were no longer fighting for "Union", but for the abolition of slavery. The Emancipation Proclamation, for all it is given credit for, was actually pretty weak, as it basically just freed the slaves in Southern territory not under Union control. Northern border states where slavery existed and Southern territory occupied by Union soldiers was exempt from the order. That's like the US trying to outlaw something in Canada - it's impossible to enforce.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SoonerATC, post: 1509000, member: 9576"] I've been watching Ken Burns' documentary on the Civil War lately. A historian mentions at one point that Jeff Davis lamented over the powers that Lincoln had, as the Confederacy was not only leary of Washington but of centralized power even in Richmond. It also mentions that Northern support of the war waned when they felt that they were no longer fighting for "Union", but for the abolition of slavery. The Emancipation Proclamation, for all it is given credit for, was actually pretty weak, as it basically just freed the slaves in Southern territory not under Union control. Northern border states where slavery existed and Southern territory occupied by Union soldiers was exempt from the order. That's like the US trying to outlaw something in Canada - it's impossible to enforce. [/QUOTE]
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