Well, y'know, I always heard the song sung "liberties..." in the Warner version... I am almost positive of that, but I see the DT version says properties. It certainly makes all the difference.

If all they were fighting for was property, I think it would have been a shorter war indeed.

The status of the rights of an individual and the rights of a State were more elevated and less tarnished in 1864 than ever thereafter. The war was prompted by Secession, and was often called the War of Secession, or the War of States' Rights. Slavery was becoming an issue in many quarters, but it never wouldhave started a war of that magnitude, I feel. Just IMHO.

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