Woulda, coulda, shoulda. The north did better in the south than the south did in the north. They won.
The truth of the matter is the South lost because they ran out of men to fight.
Well, they should've thought of that before their murderous rampage on Fort Sumter.
Once again, the Federals, although having over 20,000 more men engaged, had almost as many casualties.
The south had less men but more casualties inflicted on them. That's not good at all! Target-rich environment and they still took the worst of it, numbers-wise. Like I said home-field advantage. Lee got a taste of in it Gettysburg.
“Well, they should’ve thought of that before their murderous rampage on Fort Sumter”.
No men died in the “murderous rampage”. There were no deaths on either side as a direct result of this engagement, although a gun explosion during the surrender ceremonies on April 14 caused two Union deaths.