Asclepias
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Again? They weren't "stomped" the first time. There were more lives lost in the Civil War than in all other American wars combined. Now that's an amazing statement given that we fought two brutal world wars, but it's true. Had it not been for two crucial strategic battles, the South would have very likely won their independence. The first three years of the war, they kicked the North's ass all over the place.
Now if makes you feel better to be cocky and jut your chest out over what was a very narrow victory after the most brutal war this nation has ever seen, then so be it. Historians disagree.
Did you check that out with Gen Sherman?
If a general today did what Sherman did, you and every other liberal in the world would demand he be executed for war crimes. Sherman rode through the South and burned defenseless towns, killed the women, children and old folk. That took a lot of military prowess, didn't it?
A study of the actual battles shows the best strategic military mind was that of Robert E. Lee, a man who was opposed to slavery, incidentally.
If that was true Rob would not have lost.