by the end of the civil war the south was devastated and beaten the president had been assassinated was it worth it?

in the words of Thanos "a small price to pay for salvation" I mean when the south lost the civil war it allowed the slaves to be set freed if the south would've won there would be slaves to this day

im pretty sure the answer is b, i hope i < 3

d: their own individual powers within the new goverment