[razorbak]

What is the opinion of the pro-Lincoln side of this debate concerning the visiting of the war on the non-combatant civilian population of the South by Union generals with Lincoln's approval?

[WhiskeyPapa]

What is the opinion of the pro-Lincoln side of this debate concerning the visiting of the war on the non-combatant civilian population of the South by Union generals with Lincoln's approval?

It got a lot more of their menfolk home alive than if it had not been pursued.

Walt

[WhiskeyPapa]

What is the opinion of the pro-Lincoln side of this debate concerning the visiting of the war on the non-combatant civilian population of the South by Union generals with Lincoln's approval?

The daylight strategic bombing of Germany, once they got enough aircraft in place in England and Italy, wrecked German synthetic oil production in a matter of days. This is a grat triumph of U.S. arms that is not well known.

Many civilians were killed, but the German air force and army were soon almost entirely out of gasoline. Was that worth doing? Should we have eschewed daylight bombing (which was pretty accurate for the day) on the premise it might kill German civilians? Even if it meant our fighters and bombers and our ground forces had to face fully supplied German forces?

Walt

[Non-Sequitur]

What is the opinion of the pro-Lincoln side of this debate concerning the visiting of the war on the non-combatant civilian population of the South by Union generals with Lincoln's approval?

War is cruelty on a grand scale, Civil Wars are more cruel than most, and in every war the civilian population tends to take it in the shorts. Perhaps the person to blame would be the one who brought the war to the south, Jefferson Davis.