150 years later, we FINALLY figured out why the South lost the Civil War

[charlie and algernon]

[GiveMeFreedom]

1. Love it. n/t

[In_The_Wind]

2. We are a little laid_back.

[Aristus]

3. Because they were an evil, autocratic entity bent on the oppression of a downtrodden people?

Lucky for us, the closest thing they had to a Death Star was the C.S.S Alabama. And by the end, their stormtroopers were wearing rags, and eating grass and acorns.

[hedgehog]

4. Sorry to be serious in the Lounge, but one of the untold stories of that war is that

while Confederate troops starved, back home farms were looted by local officials (a/k/a profiteers) ostensibly collecting food for the troops. The stolen goods ended up on the black market.

[RILib]

5. manufacturing base

They diz not haz it.

[Boomerproud]

6. But dem damn Yankees were the cause of all the suffrin'.

n/t

[Sekhmets Daughter]

7. The south didn't lose the war...

they lost the first battle. If you look at the congress today...the south is clearly running things.

On a lighter note: When I lived in VA I was told, "We didn't lose, we are just waiting for supplies!"