[gorush]

Lee blew it at Gettysburg, had he taken the high ground upon arriving the war might have gone the other way...and maybe state's right would be taken more seriously. (Damn Joshua Chamberlain and the 20th Maine)

Gen. George Pickitt.

[AppyPappy]

Not so. The South had the cancer of slavery eating at its belly. The whole mountain region was supporting the North. A lot of southerners didn’t want to die for a bunch of rich landowners who sent slaves instead of sons. Choosing Richmond for the capital was a big mistake.

The North’s manufacturing capacity spelled doom for the Confederacy.

[GreenLanternCorps]

Lee blew it at Gettysburg, had he taken the high ground upon arriving the war might have gone the other way...and maybe state's right would be taken more seriously.

Gettysburg was an important battle, but ultimately irrelevant.

Grant won the war at Vicksburg when he cut the Confederacy in two. The Rebs just didn't know it yet.