Howdy, y'all, sorry I don't have computer access on the weekends.

I say that Sherman won the war because it was Sherman who destroyed everything in his path that was left to destroy. Here in the South he is still vilified for that. The main reason the Union was able to win, as (I believe it was Little Hawk) pointed out, was simply that they had more stuff and the South had run out of resources. People have written entire books about Why The South Lost The War. I don't think it takes a whole book. The South ran out of fighting men, ammunition, food, textiles, you name it. We just ran out of stuff.

Interestingly enough, before the war ever started, Sherman told a friend of his, you can't fight the North and win because you just don't have the stuff to do it with. And he was right.

BTW, back to Custer - I understand from my Army friend that they don't do brevets anymore.