Blackwater
Smith, Richard Kyle If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that."
- Abraham Lincolm to Horace Greely
Washington, August 22, 1862.
So the war was not primarily about slavery. Lincoln was interested preserving the union so that he would continue to have the financial resources of the South t...