Of course you are correct. That is why I wrote "but, ***ultimately***, to smash the yoke of slavery...." (emphasis added). It wasn't an original goal - Lincoln himself said that "If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that" - but it did, in the end, become about emancipation.
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It is a great game. One of my favorite PC titles of all time, in fact!
History is one of my passions, too. I am an old Poli Sci major. The ACW is like porn to us! LOL!
Again, thanks for the comments!