Look at the casualty counts. You've truly got nothing upstairs, do you?
The price paid in blood, on both sides, primarily borne by Union men - all for the political aspirations of a few. Puff you chest, el Capitan, this is your moment of triumph.
As a matter of fact, however, he does.
Fanatical hatred of Jeffersonianism and the spirit of republic, of the South and its defenders, and a panoply of useful lies and sand-in-the-eyes tricks.
In short, he's a typical Hamiltonian.
Makes you wonder whether the South had any forward thinkers in the leadership. The Confederacy was doomed at birth and the South paid a particularly awful price for its arrogance.