Originally Posted by bababouey

if you read Shelby Foote, and listen to what he says at the end of ken burns civil war doc, the north never had to really get serious. There were many areas untouched and unaffected by the war. Their industrial, size and wealth advantage made it all but a foregone conclusion that they would prevail. If Lee would have accepted command of the army of the Potomac, it would have been a 2 year conflict, max. Now, back to furloughs and bankruptcies, when can I start to panic?