[#3Fan]

Which raises the point again of #3Fan's moral objurgation against the South, in a manner unfavorable to his own "cause" (if that's what it is).... If the South arguendo was morally reprobated in failing to free Union prisoners they couldn't care for properly, notwithstanding that the Union government made it impossible to exchange them, in #3Fan's construction of the moral balance, then what was the Union government's excuse -- more specifically, what was Abraham Lincoln's excuse (since he was in fact in charge, in every way) for the large numbers of Confederates who died in captivity, given the North's nearly illimitable resources both for prosecuting the war, enlarging its economy, and (if it had wanted to) keeping its Confederate prisoners alive?

The 1903 link that rustbucket said was most accurate shows more Federal deaths. I never said the the POWs were treated well, I said they were treated badly.

[lentulusgracchus]

The 1903 link that rustbucket said was most accurate shows more Federal deaths. I never said the the POWs were treated well, I said they were treated badly.

And you didn't answer the question, choirboy.

You said the South was morally obliged to release Union prisoners under the circumstances, and you added some mustard to your statement, calling Southerners some names in the process.

So what was the North's excuse for all those deaths?

They had the resources. They had room. They had enough of everything.