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27. It's been suggested that he was unwilling to crush the Confederacy...

Thu Mar 27, 2025, 09:14 PM

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... that he hoped for a peaceful resolution and the return to the status quo ante if he didn't hurt them so badly they'd get angry. Stupid, but on a different level than mere incompetence.

It's also been suggested that he was a bloody coward, even though he demonstrated great bravery in the Mexican War. That was then; he does demonstrate personal timidity as well as command paralysis once the stakes got higher.

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