If one takes an honest look at the United States of America's Civil War today, of those participating in that war, they never had any moral authority. They were criminals. They enslaved people and fought to continue to enslave them. They had no moral authority. They declared war on their country. Quite frankly, those that fought in the USA Civil War on the Confederate side were treasonists. And those that seek to elevate those facts today are nothing short of revisionists. The Confederate Statues have no place in this county. None. 

Description: (click here) A bronze Confederate soldier clad in jacket and hat steps forward with his left foot while resting his left arm on the barrel of his rifle. He stands atop a tall granite inscribed pedestal. A refurbishment of the memorial in late 2010 added a seal to the pedestal.

There are those that want to blur the line between the commanders of the Confederacy and the soldiers of the Confederacy. That is still very incorrect. If one wants to say, the Confederate foot soldiers were simply doing what they were asked for the reason of protecting their economy, THEN WHAT WERE THEIR BROTHERS DOING?

See, the US Civil War, in some instances, pitted brother against brother. If one is to elevate the Confederate soldier as slightly innocent for his loyalty to the Confederacy then would his brother fighting with the Union be slightly guilty? It is nonsense.

The Confederacy, regardless of the blood spilled, is guilty of treason. Every one of them, be they general or foot soldier; they made a decision. 

Abraham Lincoln had no desire to punish fellow Americans any further after the Confederacy surrendered, so there were no sentences of treason or otherwise. And don't hide in stating it was 'succession.' That is like saying "I am okay and you are okay, but, we differ on economics and politics." It is ridiculous.

The United States of America had a growing consensus that all human beings were to be treated equal. As a country we were developing more than economics for survival of a sovereign country, we were developing a conscience as a nation of people. The burgeoning consensus of conscience was the overriding moral authority to all of the country.

Why could a slave earn his status as a "Free Man?" Why is that? Because as a people we recognized every Negro as a human being with rights to their bodies, "habeas corpus." That is a moral conscience. All the Civil War did was remove the financial burden of the Negro to the slave owner. Negros were already recognized as human beings when The South got greedy.

And, yes, the founding of the Confederacy was an act of white supremacy.