I note you didn’t bother to point out a great civil war in history in which the defeated were treated less harshly. Which was my point.
Calling Reconstruction a Carthaginian peace is hyperbole.
“I note you didn’t bother to point out a great civil war in history in which the defeated were treated less harshly. “
A pointless task- ‘great’ is a vague criteria that will be defined by you as anything other than whatever war I would list.