He would have been known as a “Great General”. Terrific. And what would the Confederate States of America had accomplished? And where would they be now? Are you arguing the world would be better off if they HAD won?
Not just great. Greatest.
Which is what I was said in my initial post.
Maybe. Maybe the USA would’ve curtailed its tendency to go fascist with more and more spending and more and more taxation and regulation. Because they wouldn’t have as many agricultural resources to simply transfer to their mills.