ᎤᎶᏐᏅ 1980, scholarly ᎠᎦᏎᏍᏙᏗ ᎤᎦᏔᎲᏒ ᏧᏣᏔᏊ ᎠᏂᏯᏫᏍᎩ ᏯᏛᎿ ᏥᏄᏍᏗ Dr. Charles Brackett (ᎦᏃᏢᎩ ᏅᏬᏘ ᎦᎾᎦᏘ ᎦᎪ ᎠᎦᏍᎦᏂ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏦᏎᏛᎾ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎦᏃᏢᎩ ᏅᏬᏘ ᎠᎵᏏᎾᎯᏍᏙᏗ ᎢᏯᏓᏛᏁᏗ ᎯᎠ ᎤᏚᎸᏗ ᏄᎾᏛᏅ ᎯᎠ ᎤᏴᏢ ᎢᏗᏢ ᎠᏂᏯᏫᏍᎩ), ᎠᎴ ᎠᏂᏐᎢ ᏯᏛᎿ ᏥᏄᏍᏗ ᎠᏂᎨᏴ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏂᎬᎿᎨᎢ ᎤᏠᏯᏍᏔᏅ ᎬᏙᏗ ᎯᎠ ᏓᏄᏩ. ᏥᏄᏍᏗ James McPherson ᎠᎦᏎᏍᏔᏅ ""ᎯᎠ ᏭᏓᎪᎾᏛ irony ᎯᎠ Civil ᏓᏄᏩ ᏥᏄᏍᏛᎩ Ꮎ Confederate ᎠᎴ ᏗᏌᏊ ᎤᎾᎵᎪᎯ ᎠᏂᏯᏫᏍᎩ ... interpreted ᎯᎠ heritage 1776 ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎠᎿᏗᏢ ᏫᎦᎶᎯᏍᏗ. Confederates ᏚᎾᎵᎸ ᎾᏍᎩᎾᎢ ᏅᏩᏙᎯᏯᏛ ᎠᎴ independence ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ ᎦᏙ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎤᏅᏌ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏰᎸᏅ ᏥᏄᏍᏗ tyrannical ᎠᏰᎵ ᎤᏙᏢᏒ; Unionists ᏚᎾᎵᎸ ᎠᏍᏆᏂᎪᏙᏗ ᎯᎠ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎤᏙᏢᏒ ᎪᏢᏅᎯ ᎾᎥᎢ ᎯᎠ founders ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ dismemberment ᎠᎴ ᎤᏲᏨᎯ.""(McPherson 1994 p 24)