[Straight Vermonter]

I think the war (like most) has plenty of examples of both. It’s of hard to imagine the survivors Andersonville would think the war was gentlemanly.

[ought-six]

“It’s of hard to imagine the survivors Andersonville would think the war was gentlemanly.”

You mention Andersonville (after all, the victors get to write the histories), but you fail to mention Camp Douglas in Illinois.