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| Tango01 | 30 Oct 2018 12:52 p.m. PST |
…. February '99 American History Feature. "Ten Civil War historians provide some contrasting–and probably controversial–views on how and why the Confederate cause ultimately ended in defeat. "The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike at him as hard as you can and as often as you can, and keep moving on." Put that way, the business of fighting and winning wars sounds simple enough. And perhaps it was simple in the mind of the man who so concisely described the complex art: General Ulysses S. Grant. After assuming command of all Union armies in March 1864, Grant crushed the Confederacy in about one year. But the American Civil War, like any war, was not simple. The North and South engaged each other for four long years. More than half a million people were killed. Families were torn apart, towns destroyed. And in the end, the South lost…."
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ScottWashburn  | 31 Oct 2018 4:37 a.m. PST |
The article is from 1999. I didn't realize that until I was scrolling down and got to my friend, Brian Pohanka's section. Brian has been dead for quite a few years now. |
| Tango01 | 31 Oct 2018 11:35 a.m. PST |
Instead of that… is a good or a bad article?…
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| darthfozzywig | 31 Oct 2018 2:52 p.m. PST |
"I've always thought the Yankees had something to do with it." |
| Lee494 | 31 Oct 2018 5:12 p.m. PST |
Well let's be blunt. The South lost because the North beat them. From overall generalship, to weapons, logistics, and overall strategy (a critical component of which was the Northern Navy and Blockage) the North soundly whipped them. Perhaps it took longer than some felt it should but the fact remains the South didn't lose, the North Won. Cheers! |
| wpilon | 31 Oct 2018 5:40 p.m. PST |
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| donlowry | 01 Nov 2018 8:16 a.m. PST |
The South did not lose … the Confederacy did, but it was only part of the South. |
| Tango01 | 01 Nov 2018 11:27 a.m. PST |
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| Greyalexis | 19 Jan 2019 6:24 p.m. PST |
I would like to state the war is not over. it is only halftime. Also next time we want a better draft pick. and we use a point system that is fair. :) |
| steve1865 | 25 Jan 2019 11:37 a.m. PST |
Who will be the Slaves??? |
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bases them up.