she does seem to... [submit] ...posts with source material that is sometimes of questionable validity. I think she is too ready to accept opinions, at least those with which she agrees, as fact.

Sharon, I hope you recognize yourself in this description as well- specifically re: your paragraph beginning: " And here I thought it was Lincoln's election -- which put the anti-slavery Republican party in control..."

Firstly, Republicans were hardly an "antislavery party" and Lincoln personally throughout his political career repeatedly stated that he believed Congress had NO constitutional authority to interfere with slavery where it already existed- ditto the majority of the Republican leadership. There's lots more erroneous info, but I DO get tired of repeating myself.

Perhaps a wider perspective than that provided by the Charlston Mercury & the Richmond Examiner and/or Birth of a Nation and Gone With The Wind. is in order??