“I think they should look at if from the perspective that all wars are tragic and that it was a tragedy that happened to the people involved, not as victory for the good people and punishment of the bad.”

— Andy Wolff, camp counselor/staff naturalist, Lawrence

“History really shouldn't be told by people who write the history books or the side that won, but by the individual histories of the people who actually lived through it.”

— Mollie Sultenfuss, teacher, Newton

“If you ask that about the Civil War, then you have to ask the same question of all history. The people who win write the story.”

— Maura Egan, food service, Lawrence

“I think they oversimplify what happened. People need to learn that it was fought over more than slavery and primarily over sectionalism.”

— Chris Liverman, Kansas University medical student, Kansas City, Kan.