[Iris7]

The Army of Northern Virginia was remarkably tenacious. Always completely reliable even though very poorly supplied.

No arguments whatever with your big picture view of the war.

General Jackson saw what would have worked, I think. Stand Watie, on this thread often, sees things a bit like Jackson did IMHO. Total war, People's War. Absolute discipline, resoluteness, and ferocity. Geronimo writ real large, I figure. I dunno, was bad enough the way it was, that's for sure.

[MNJohnnie]

General Jackson saw what would have worked, I think. Stand Watie, on this thread often, sees things a bit like Jackson did IMHO. Total war, People's W


But it was only Grant and Sherman who actually put the concept to work. Hate to rain on all this southern pride but the simple fact remains the Civil War was a transitional war from the Napoleonic to the Modern. Lee fought Napoleonic style, Grant fought WW1 style. Grant won, Lee lost.

[w_over_w]

Thanks I7. Just the thought of how the dynamics of TWBTS would have been altered had Jackson survived Chancellorsville gives me goose bumps.