[cowboyusa]

The Confederates were LUCKY that Lincoln was President. I’m telling you Jackson WOULD have hung EVERY single Rebel Leader.

[central_va]

The Confederates were LUCKY that Lincoln was President. I’m telling you Jackson WOULD have hung EVERY single Rebel Leader and started a guerilla war.

Hmmm. I don't think so...

[FLT-bird]

Of course if Jackson had had such a policy, nobody would have surrendered. Instead they would have waged guerilla war for generations. Given the immense spaces, the mountains and swamps and other terrain well suited to it, the federal government never would have been able to quell it - and it would have been extremely nasty.

That’s what you fail to take into account - the other side can fight back and be very nasty too if you push too hard.