The biggest thing I am struck with this a.m. is the astounding difference in the news media back then. Did you notice how detailed, how precise and INFORMATIVE these articles are? It lays out tomes and tomes of real info.
The second thing I notice now and repeatedly is your fascination with the war which literally destroyed the USA as it was conceived. I do “blame” the South for giving the murdering, raping, pillaging “total war” exponents in the North an excuse to carry on their subjugating, Constitution nullifying activities. They bore that guilt and it was true guilt in allowing a horrible activity to take center stage and providing cover for this ugliness. That said, anyone who glories in the activities of the Union Army literally hates the Constitutional republic, for it is they who destroyed it.
Thanks for your comments, but I don’t glory in any aspect of the American Civil War. I find the history compelling and tragic, and my purpose is to present it as it has come down to us without an overall judgement for or against either side. Of course I have my opinions about the era. I could put them all in one post and be done with it, but then none of us would learn anything new.