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Originally Posted by Damien
What does that have to do with what I said? He still took up arms for the side picking a fight over, primarily, slavery. You keep trying to make out as if Slavery was almost a minor aspect of the civil war rather than one of the central causes. I've said a number of times that there were other factors but every history I've read of it has slavery at its heart.
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Session was on the cards for 30+ years prior to the war, iirc north caroline actually threatened it over cotton tariffs, all it needed was a spark and that was undoubtedly the abolition movement but that notwithstanding his reasoning was defence of his state and home above all else.
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Originally Posted by Hugh
And 40% of Virginians fought for the North, and a number of Counties split off in 1863 to form West Virginia, in opposition to the Confederacy.
Virginia also voted for Secession because they were a slave-holding State, which is relevant.
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They actually voted to remain in the union and reversed their decision a week later when required to send troops to put the rebellion down in other states. Why didn't you mention that, not relevant.