[Only1choice____Freedom]

>>"What is amazing and unique about the American experience of insurrection and rebellion is that the losers could get such favorable treatment for such inexcusable actions."

Sherman wanted a hard war and a soft peace. He got what he wanted. Because of that, we are one nation that we are today. If the North did what most wanted to, enslave the South for generations, we would have been in s situation such as Germany after WWI and the war would not have ended so well. The America that we have today is because of great men then who made wise decisions (not all the time.)
God was truely watching over us.

We could use some of that wisdom today.

[WhiskeyPapa]

If the North did what most wanted to, enslave the South for generations...

You are mistaken.

Most people in the north wanted a soft peace. This is surprising when you consider how barbarously the rebels acted in treating Union POW's and loyal Union men, who were murdered by the hundred and hanged by the dozen respectively, but it is still true.

Walt