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RE: Alternative history: American Civil war
(09-06-2014 10:58 AM)JSF Wrote:  Sherman burns more of the South, probably. It wasn't really a winnable war, especially at that point. They were critically low on manpower, supplies, and morale. Would've taken much more than Stonewall.
It's not well-known, but morale in the North wasn't exactly gung-ho, either. A clear, crushing defeat for Union forces in summer 1863 could have brought the whole thing to an end.

Sherman's use of arson on a large scale (as a matter of deliberate, intentional policy) didn't begin until September '64. If Stonewall had been alive and going at full power from May '63 onwards, I can scarcely believe that Sherman would've gotten to start that sooner.
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