"The Civil War was an avoidable tragedy" was standard U.S. history - not just in the South - for many years. Not surprising many older Americans still see it that way. Discussed the issue in more depth here: https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/11/john-kelly-civil-war-debate-tim-kaine-america-slavery/ … https://twitter.com/BenjySarlin/status/1121779042850693125 …
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The war could have been avoided quite simply by letting the slave states secede. That's on the North, and Lincoln in particular. He put maintaining the Union above everything, including the Constitution itself. He was quite upfront about it.
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