Thank you for the explanation, I see what you mean. I wouldn't describe it as the South "winning", but the North clearly didn't solidify the win quickly enough

Thank you for the explanation, I see what you mean. I wouldn't describe it as the South "winning", but the North clearly didn't solidify the win quickly enough. I wonder whether that was a bad idea, or whether it came from some real fragility of the North's win, or the fact that it was a civil rather than a foreign win?