[stinkerpot65]

Am I the only one creeped out by this?

[attiladhun2]

You have a small group of Freepers who definitely pro-Confederate. I think Lee was a gentleman and decent Christian, but were he a real military genius, there would probably be a Confederate States of America today.

American military leadership of the time seemed to lack finesse. There were no Sedans during the Civil War, no attempts to bring about a Cannae. There seemed only to be enough manuvering to take some high ground, and then bloody massed attacks by the other side to dislodge from that high ground. Given that dirth of military expertise, I think defeating the South economically was the only wise policy.