The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...
Had the Union maintained a larger and stronger post-Civil War occupying army, could it have banished all ... (Knopf via AP) ...
Had the Union maintained a larger and stronger post-Civil War occupying army ... we like to smash our way to victory and go home as quickly as possible, buoyed by the belief that we have ...