What you don't know about the Civil War

[struggle4progress]

By Arlene Karidis Special to the News-Post 12 hrs ago

New York author Gray Basnight .. will .. talk about his Civil War novel ...

A Richmond native, he had three great grandfathers who were Confederate soldiers. He was hungry to learn of their lives and became infatuated with the Civil War by age 6.

“I used to think the Confederacy was about courage and charming, cavalier men that wore feathers in their hats. But I came to believe that the Confederacy got it wrong. They were trying to destroy this country to preserve slavery,” says Basnight ...

http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/books/what-you-don-t-know-about-the-civil-war/article_52ff7a91-3341-5cb2-a044-95a711d00c00.html

[BlueJazz]

1. I learned about the civil war as a young boy, in Australia. We were told it WAS to keep slaves..

...as property. (Not that Australia's past is squeaky clean also)