[ought-six]

“The objective truth is the Confederacy failed miserably in their goal of independence.”

It’s pretty hard for a nascent nation (such as the Confederate States of America) to move forward when it has from its very inception been physically attacked and invaded by the largest army on the continent.

[lentulusgracchus]

.....from its very inception been physically attacked and invaded by the largest army on the continent in the world.

There, fixed 'er up a little.

Lincoln commanded a million bayonets. Nobody in Europe, not even the czar of Russia, had an army that large.