[Dawgsquat]

You can find any number of people with bad things to say about anyone. My opinion differs with theirs. Give that book a read. It's a balanced assessment.

[WhiskeyPapa]

You can find any number of people with bad things to say about anyone. My opinion differs with theirs. Give that book a read. It's a balanced assessment.

That the federal government would win the ACW was not written in stone. Better southern leaders could have won. It was widely thought in Europe that the north could never subdue the south. Unfortunately for the so-called seceded states, the south had the "hey-diddle-right-up-the-middle-- bury his head in the Virginia sand" Robert E. Lee and "Defend everything everywhere" Jeff Davis in charge.

Walt