Popular myths in American History The Civil War was about slavery The fact is that President Lincolns Emancipation Proclamation was not released until the war had been going on for two years. Moreover, that proclamation was handed down by the President in violation of Article 3, Section 1 of the Constitution, and its own language only freed slaves in states that were, at that time, not a part of the Union. So it had no effect on the slaves owned by General Ulysses Grant of Ohio, for example. Lincoln himself once stated, "I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races." My watch today is my Swiss Legend Limousine by affordablehorology from Instagram http://ift.tt/1PoNRiN