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04-09-2012, 02:01 PM
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| | We are Delusional
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| Stonewall is pumped up almost as much as Lee.
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04-09-2012, 02:41 PM
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| | I don't think so!
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| 7-21 says it all. | 
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04-09-2012, 02:47 PM
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| | smh
| The old-fashioned answer is still the best one. Overwhelming numbers of people and resources. | |
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04-09-2012, 02:48 PM
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| | Conspiracy?
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| moonshine | |
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04-09-2012, 02:49 PM
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#6 (permalink)
| | WOODHOUSE!!!
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| Northern naval superiority and the failure
of King Cotton Diplomacy. | |
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04-09-2012, 04:41 PM
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#7 (permalink)
| | Short Sided
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Originally Posted by milohimself  The old-fashioned answer is still the best one. Overwhelming numbers of people and resources. | It's really that simple. Union had a lot more casualties, but they just kept on coming. | |
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04-09-2012, 05:04 PM
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| | WOODHOUSE!!!
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| The boom of Egyptian cotton also played a big part in keeping the British from coming into the war on the side of the south. It does get very complex at points. | |
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04-09-2012, 05:36 PM
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| | Short Sided
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| I'd say it's because of the Russian naval presence. | |
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04-09-2012, 08:37 PM
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| | Veni, Vidi, Vici
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Originally Posted by milohimself The old-fashioned answer is still the best one. Overwhelming numbers of people and resources. | This. Equal numbers and evenly distributed resources on both sides of the conflict would have been catastrophic for the North. | |
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04-09-2012, 09:29 PM
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| | Chocolate Thunder
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| Rhett Butler explained it best before the war Lol
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04-09-2012, 09:38 PM
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#12 (permalink)
| | Senior Member
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| Waited untill after the war to kill that scoundel lincoln. | |
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04-09-2012, 10:51 PM
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#14 (permalink)
| | The White Debonair
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Originally Posted by KiffinKiller Stonewall is pumped up almost as much as Lee. | Naturally, the concerted effort by the southrrn mystique movement chose them as their martyrs. | |
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04-09-2012, 10:51 PM
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#15 (permalink)
| | The White Debonair
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Originally Posted by milohimself The old-fashioned answer is still the best one. Overwhelming numbers of people and resources. | Which is a myth | |
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