re: The South lost what? Sorry, but gained for the better is more like it.
Also, the North's moral purpose, the abolition of slavery, was only sort-of achieved. The institution of slavery was no longer legally recognized, but blacks were kept in a form of servitude for over 100 years after.
* By whom, MA, the North?
Who can say if this might have been avoided if moral purpose had been enforced by something other than the bayonet?
* Sorry, you lost me there. No Black and White water fountains in Minnesota where I was raised, ever.