[central_va]

My theory is if the Confederate Army could have held off the Union at Atlanta and stopped them there then McClellan would have won the 1864 election.

[Theophilus]

I'm inclined to agree. I also believe most soldiers on both sides joined for adventure more than anything else, certainly not to be shredded by a miniball and George McClellan ran a great Boy Scout Jamboree.

The soldiers that stayed, stayed for their brothers.

John 15:13-14
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.