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Conversely if outnumbered you should be husbanding
your scarce manpower. Well,Total population of Union States was 22,000,000 ,Confederate States only 5,000,000. Union military forces outnumbered Confederates by more than 2,5 to 1. So if you follow your way of thinking they should do whatever Union wants them to do,not they want to do,to conserve their scarce manpower resources. Heck,I wonder why some states are still issuing license plates "Live free or Die".logo. he most common estimates place them at between 20,000 and 28,000 while Union casualties were 23,000. The Confederates were Most accepted figure is 20000 for Confederates. He could have if Lee hadnt left 25,000 of them at Gettysburg Maybe Lee should have listened Longstreet,but even if Lee won at Gettysburg it would not change much,confederates were hopelessly outnumbered. Not so, he outmanoevered and outfought the Confederates deep in their own territory You seem to repeat revisionist Civil War historian Rhea and trying to rehabilitate Grant and Sherman. But its impossible to rehabilate persons whose achievements during Civil War are limited to terrorizing civilians. Which makes throwing away lives pointlessly even more stupid. They only wanted to peacefully secede from the Union,but they were outnumbered so they had to accept "union by force" option to save lives. I think EU could be created 65 years ago if Brits and other Europeans accepted a corporals' "Union by force" proposals and many lives could saved. So they must be stupid too. No. Nathan Bedford Forrest was a slaver who murdered his prisoners. In the 20th century he'd have been executed for war crimes. Grant was a slaver too. Grant and Sherman would be the first ones who get convicted in 20th war crimes tribunal.Besides being a barbarian,Grant was an anti-semite too. Civil War only ended when Confederates run out of soldiers ,supplies and everything. Heck, the "Master of Maneuver" even lost more than 6000 soldier within one Hour ,but he did not have worry about. |
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![]() "Denyav" wrote in message ... Conversely if outnumbered you should be husbanding your scarce manpower. Well,Total population of Union States was 22,000,000 ,Confederate States only 5,000,000. Union military forces outnumbered Confederates by more than 2,5 to 1. So if you follow your way of thinking they should do whatever Union wants them to do,not they want to do,to conserve their scarce manpower resources. Since in the end they lost and had to do exactly that you could indeed draw that inference. However I was pointing out that they could ill afford to squander their soldier's lives. Heck,I wonder why some states are still issuing license plates "Live free or Die".logo. That would be New Hampshire - not a confederate state you may recall. he most common estimates place them at between 20,000 and 28,000 while Union casualties were 23,000. The Confederates were Most accepted figure is 20000 for Confederates. Rather high even so He could have if Lee hadnt left 25,000 of them at Gettysburg Maybe Lee should have listened Longstreet,but even if Lee won at Gettysburg it would not change much,confederates were hopelessly outnumbered. Not so, he outmanoevered and outfought the Confederates deep in their own territory You seem to repeat revisionist Civil War historian Rhea and trying to rehabilitate Grant and Sherman. You dont need to rehabilitate winners. But its impossible to rehabilate persons whose achievements during Civil War are limited to terrorizing civilians. And winning the war Which makes throwing away lives pointlessly even more stupid. They only wanted to peacefully secede from the Union,but they were outnumbered so they had to accept "union by force" option to save lives. They wanted to maintain slavery which was why they seceded. I think EU could be created 65 years ago if Brits and other Europeans accepted a corporals' "Union by force" proposals and many lives could saved. So they must be stupid too. No we didnt want to be German slaves. No. Nathan Bedford Forrest was a slaver who murdered his prisoners. In the 20th century he'd have been executed for war crimes. Grant was a slaver too. No he married a woman from Missouri who owned slaves. Grant and Sherman would be the first ones who get convicted in 20th war crimes tribunal.Besides being a barbarian,Grant was an anti-semite too. Scarcely unsual for the time, note I have not proposed Grant for beatification. He certainly had his faults but he was an effective general. Civil War only ended when Confederates run out of soldiers ,supplies and everything. Yep Sherman's march to the sea and the razing of the Shenandoah valley cut combined with the Union naval blockade cut Virginia off from its sources of supply. A succesful strategy in fact. Heck, the "Master of Maneuver" even lost more than 6000 soldier within one Hour ,but he did not have worry about. Quite so, he won after all. Keith ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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