This is a great link. Thanks for sharing it. One of the great tragedies of the war were the folks who fiercely did not want to fight -- and how they all ended

This is a great link. Thanks for sharing it. One of the great tragedies of the war were the folks who fiercely did not want to fight -- and how they all ended up fighting anyway. And for those of you on the mischievous side, it's fun to ask about the legality of splitting the state of Virginia, when it might be reunited again, or, indeed, the legality 1864 elections completely, since half the country didn't vote. But of course, that's just to mess with people's heads. Great article.