The South lost because they were just dumb, racist hicks who were drunk all the time that didn't know how to fight. At least that what people NOT from the South think.
Me? I think the South damned near won several times. You don't fight a war for years on end against someone who can't fight, so, obviously, the South put up a good fight.
Funny how some people think they are better than someone else. I hear all the time here in Denver how stupid the South is by people who have never been there. It is even funnier how they go there and get taken advantage of.
Hey...it's those same dumb racist hicks disproportionately fighting over in Afghanistan and elsewhere. We may be just dumb racists but we have good AIM.
I don't think you guys lost because you were dumb racist hicks( and in my experience Southerners are nicer people) I'm sure most of the Northern population at that time was dumb racist hicks.