http://books.google.com/books?id=p-kbAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA342&lpg=PA342&dq=bounties+subsidies+%22secession%22&source=web&ots=_L_SzkU2sM&sig=FZLCcvucbnBIkZ69QacEnYYp2Hs&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result#PPA342,M1
Hey George,
Go here and read a United States history book from 1904. Its the most even handed explanation of the war I've seen.
David