May have lost? May have???? I think history is pretty clear on the size of the arse kicking the south got. They've been a bit more behaved since -- kinda like a beaten dog.
Let's see....the South was usually faced with superior numbers and equipment on the field of battle and yet we still managed to kill more of you Yankees. That hardly qualifies as an "arse kicking" in anyone's book.
At least 618,000 Americans died in the Civil War, and some experts say the toll reached 700,000. The number that is most often quoted is 620,000. At any rate, these casualties exceed the nation's loss in all its other wars, from the Revolution through Vietnam.
The Union armies had from 2,500,000 to 2,750,000 men. Their losses, by the best estimates:
Battle deaths: 110,070
Disease, etc.: 250,152
Total 360,222
The Confederate strength, known less accurately because of missing records, was from 750,000 to 1,250,000. Its estimated losses:
Battle deaths: 94,000
Disease, etc.: 164,000
Total 258,000
Face it boy....everyone knows Southerners are better fighters than you blue zone socialist pansies....then and now.