User blog comment:Thedoucheinthenorth/A question of morality/@comment-1600847-20121209142434/@comment-3492791-20121212181838

The American Civil war was about much more than slavery, that is a common misconception. The war was about the South's right to its tradition and practices, one of which was slavery, a strong part of their economy.

The South is view as the "bad guys" because they lost. As Dash3rd said, history is written by the victor, and no one is ever going to call themselves the bad guys after winning a war.