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Yupster

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Mon Mar-22-04 10:26 AM
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8. True, but

at the time America had never had a ruinous war which killed hundreds of thousands.

The wars the southerners looked at were the Mexican War, the Texas Revolution, the War of 1812, where there were a few battles, a few hundred were killed and the war was over.

That's what they expected. Show the Yankees we're serious, win one or two battles, and that will be the end of it.

I think from looking at their time period, it was a reasonable expectation.

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