• Heresy_generator@kbin.social
      3·
      7 months ago

      The justification was that the land the traitors were claiming as their own belonged to America. If they wanted to stop being Americans they had every right to leave, they just had no right take parts of America with them.

    • PugJesus@kbin.socialOP
      3·
      7 months ago

      I mean, whether the Confederates were or were not Americans was secondary to the issue of “Can American states secede unilaterally?” to which the Union response was an overwhelming “No.”

      Judging by how many ran off to Brazil after the war was over, I think it’s fair to not consider them (US) Americans.

  • Hildegarde@lemmy.world
    2·
    7 months ago

    The point of the war was whether states have the right to secede from the union. The confederacy wanted to leave, and the union disagreed.

    The union won, so the south couldn’t secede, so they were still americans, so you’re wrong.

    But also you should count all deaths in war. The reaper doesn’t care about citizenship or nations.

    • Chainweasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      7 months ago

      They point of the war was secession huh?
      Why did they want to secede?
      Care to answer that one?

      • Hildegarde@lemmy.world
        2·
        7 months ago

        Yes. If the union wanted to let the south leave they would have changed the laws to allow it, and there would have been no war.

        The south tried to secede to preserve slavery, but that is not material to the discussion as to whether the dead confederate soldiers were us citizens or not.