[mac_truck]

The most important benefit was that the Federals were able to assume the moral high ground.

OK, if you say so. There's many on both sides who'd disagree.

[brazzaville]

Good morning.

I'm not sure what you and those others are disagreeing to.

Do you interpret what I wrote to mean that I think the Federals actually had the moral high ground? I don't.

Do you disagree with the idea that an assumption of moral superiority is important to an aggressor trying to impose it's will on others. It's easier to burn another guys farm if you think you are doing it for 'moral' reasons. I guess it's true that the strategic and tactical importance of morale would be a matter of opinion.

My ancestors fought for the Confederacy. That influences my perspective on the war of Northern Aggression. What makes you hold to different views? I'm not flaming, just asking out of curiosity.

Michael Frazier