[RightWhale]

Right. What might have happened if the war had never been fought or had been stopped by treaty in the early stage. Would things be much different now? The 100 years between 1865 and 1965 would have been different of course, but after a while would it all have mattered.

[bloggerjohn]

Sure it would have mattered. We'd still be on the gold standard, the Fed would not exists, bell bottoms would just be coming in, and Osama bin Laden would be an immigrant grocery clerk in upper New Jersey. Or as my grandpappy said, "Save your Confederate money, the South will rise again!"