The Confederacy Dominated the Early Civil War. So Why Did It Ultimately Lose?

Published: Nov. 7, 2019, 7:40 a.m.

The Confederacy won the early battles of the Civil War, led by brilliant generals Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee (to name a few) against blundering Union commanders like the endlessly dithering George McClellan. The war only turned after Lincoln...