In questioning whether the Civil War should have been fought, I appear to be at risk of being seen as an apologist for the Confederacy. I assure you I am not. Slavery is far and away the greatest crime that has ever been committed in this nation. If I were running the U.S., I would not only bulldoze the Jefferson Memorial but would also obliterate every Confederate monument as being a testimonial to an utterly immoral cause. I simply think that the Civil War, like all wars, had intensely negative effects that weigh heavily against the good that was achieved.
Carl Remick