From the conclusion: It’s difficult to say exactly why 9 in 10 officers went with facial hair. Perhaps it was an opportunity to distinguish one’s self in an ot

From the conclusion: It’s difficult to say exactly why 9 in 10 officers went with facial hair. Perhaps it was an opportunity to distinguish one’s self in an otherwise uniform environment. Perhaps it was an attempt at normalcy during the bloodiest turmoil in American history. Or perhaps there was a running bet among officers on who could grow the craziest facial hair (our vote: Judson Kilpatrick). __Whatever the reasons__, the diversity and abundance of facial hair will remain one of the more prominent postscripts of this War between the States. The article is about the process they went through to make up a fun comparison of civil war generals and their battles. Drawing a conclusion they do not make and then finding fault in that conclusion is not a fault of the article, but of your own reading.