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Date Posted: 07:48:08 11/02/05 Wed
Author: Rich
Subject: IMHO, the South could have won...
In reply to: manwitch 's message, "nice post" on 06:01:41 11/02/05 Wed

...if, and only if, the North quit fighting. Capturing Washington *might* have caused this to happen.

Therefore, I think Lee's (and Davis's) strategy, such as it was, was to attack the will of the North to continue fighting. By threatening the capitol, they hoped to win a political, rather than a purely military, victory. Obviously it didn't work (they tried it)- but that doesn't mean it couldn't have. Had the threat been a little more credible, or Lincoln a little less determined, the war might have had a very different outcome.

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  • Re: nice post -- Sunshine, 11:56:59 11/02/05 Wed
  • You don't think nuking Berlin might have helped ? (NT) -- Rich, 12:14:44 11/02/05 Wed
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