faithful. I do think the tenth amendment spells out the rights of the states, never forget its the states that make the union, the unions doesn't make the states.

I have always thought that the north never tried Jefferson davis because the south were right in their legal argument that they entered the union voluntarily, and they had a right to leave it legally.

the confederate states were fighting for the right to make their own laws, without government interference.

the right to make the states soverign, as they were during the articles of confederation.