Conaway: We’re on the verge of burying the war no one should mourn
Dan Conaway
Dan Conaway was a freelance columnist with The Daily Memphian from 2018 to 2025.
We, the South, may be finally admitting that the primary cause of the Civil War was slavery, and that the loss of that cause should be celebrated rather than honored.
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