Lincoln as Commander in Chief

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Thanks, Tom. That was the answer I was looking for. I taught Southern militarism for so many years that I knew the South began the war with superior officers' training. My 8th graders always thought the South should have won the war - until I had them list what else that region had going for it as opposed to the North. P.S. I taught right outside the gates of Andrews Air Force Base (now Joint Base Andrews), so military might was a big issue with those kids. I had General Westmoreland's niece as a student one year. And, yes, this was during the Viet Nam War.