The dictionary defines the word noble as dignified, decent, righteous, and splendid. In the quote by Churchill he describes the civil war as being the noblest of conflicts, but the only noble thing about it was the fight against slavery. The war was not just fought over slavery, but also regionalism, and for power. Right before the war every president except for Adams was from the South, but after the South started to loose power they decided to separate. So the war was fought not only for freedom of slavery, but also greed and power. The war was also not very noble because men were basically fighting their friends and sometimes even brothers. This whole issue of war broke up families and relationships that could never be mended again. Yet even though the war as a whole was fought for these reasons the men who fought in it...