Quite a noble general. Almost went to the union but went with his state. Honorable gentleman.
You know, looking at the civil war and the tragic loss of men and generals, it makes me wonder how the States would have figured if there was never a secession of the South. If all of those men and generals were fighting on the same side. Of course, it probably would have meant the USA would be a lot larger today, perhaps including Mexico and Cuba. Slavery likely would have died out, but I am not sure how the civil rights movement would have evolved. Would the south have freed the slaves and given them voting rights? Could the fed have then enforced voting rights if states rights were still strong? Perhaps without the civil war we would have inevitably had a civil war later on. So maybe it was a necessary war in the evolution of the United States as a nation. Nearly every major nation on the globe had a civil war at one point or another. Curious to think about I guess.
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You know, looking at the civil war and the tragic loss of men and generals, it makes me wonder how the States would have figured if there was never a secession of the South. If all of those men and generals were fighting on the same side. Of course, it probably would have meant the USA would be a lot larger today, perhaps including Mexico and Cuba. Slavery likely would have died out, but I am not sure how the civil rights movement would have evolved. Would the south have freed the slaves and given them voting rights? Could the fed have then enforced voting rights if states rights were still strong? Perhaps without the civil war we would have inevitably had a civil war later on. So maybe it was a necessary war in the evolution of the United States as a nation. Nearly every major nation on the globe had a civil war at one point or another. Curious to think about I guess.