"We Must Set Aside Old Myths"

Via Old Virginia Blog;

"Setting myths aside, a review of the Civil War era strongly suggests that economics, not a moral crusade, brought on the war and shaped its aftermath. More specifically, an examination of this period indicates that the evolution of the Northern and Southern economies was the most important factor producing the conflict . . . Now more than ever we must set aside old myths. Economics more than high moral concerns produced the Civil War." ~ Professor Marc Egnal

"Slavery Was Not The Cause-According To Sherman"



 Via Old Virginia Blog;

"I am now satisfied that Slavery is not the Cause but the pretext, and that when these important defections take place, what will be the new Combinations?" ~ General William Tecumseh Sherman