Jim,
I tend to agree with you. However there were some penalties placed on the southern states. Especially in terms of economic penalties. I am thinking of the "Pitttsburg Plus" clause that they were bound by where all frieght rates for cargo from the south was calculated from the shipping point to Pittsburg and then to the reciever. This made it hard for southern shippers to compete or at least make the same profit on the sale.
Frank