I came across a thread asking about a North vs. South war and I scrolled through the comments. I was appalled at some of the ignorance some people have for a very important war in the history of the United States. Trolls go ahead and say I'm starting drama or whatever. I'm not. I just want to state a few facts and my opinion. Now if I'm wrong feel free to correct me because I am by no means an expert on this time in history, but it has always fascinated me. I am a Southerner and if I would put myself back in that time I would have fought for the Confederacy as well. Not for slavery, but for state pride and heritage. Most people think the entire Civil War was fought over slavery. That seems to be the most pushed reason. To be honest, it was a tiny factor with the entire war. States were afraid Mr. Lincoln was going to take away their freedoms as states as well as enforce taxes and tariffs. Tariffs would have greatly hindered your average farmer in the South. Huge plantations such as ones described in Gone With the Wind were a small percentage of the overall farms in the South. Another thought that seems to occur in most people's mind is that slavery was only in the South. That's a negative. There were plantations with slaves in the North as well. Slavery was not a good thing, I mean it is inhumane to treat and force people to work for you in such poor conditions, but it was a way of life. Slavery dates back hundreds of years to even the Native Americans who first roamed the free world. Native Americans would take their prisoners and force them to be slaves for no telling how long. People had been raised with that as part of their nature. They didn't know any different really until later years. Even President George Washington had slaves at one point. Now the stereotype that all southerners who fought for the confederacy were pro slavery is false. The great General Robert E. Lee himself freed his slaves, but still fought for the Confederacy. He was loyal to his state of Virginia and was going to fight for her not slavery. That is how many soldiers decided their sides. They were loyal to the state they grew up in and if it happened to be in the South then so be it. Also, not all Southerners were racist. That was and is a massive stereotype still around today. The people then were just not use to the blending of colors. That's not racism it's just how they were raised. So please next time you spout off that the South was just a bunch of racist hicks fighting for slavery, think again.