By the way, I'd like to appeal to your rational side for a moment here (if that side does indeed exist). Do you or any who share your position on this issue, actually, for one moment, believe that the Confederacy desired war with the Union? That this was their original intent? That they wanted to take on an opponent that was twice their size, had a population at least five times greater, was better equipped, had more railroads, more money,more resources, and a much larger manufacturing base? Before you answer, know that I can, and will provide direct (and verifiable) quotes from Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and any number of Southern Senators which will prove the contrary.