- Tastes great / Less filling
- To  provide  the inspiration for the Franklin Mint(tm) Civil  War  Chess
 Set.
- So that white men could only exploit women and animals.
- The North was feeling rejected.
- The devil made us do it.
- Oil. (oops, wrong war.)
- To provide endless material for T.V. movies.
- English professors really wanted to have Red Badge of Courage.
- Nobody wanted to redraw the map of the United States.
- To free the slaves.
 
      