Timing is Everything Why the South lost the civil war, is an issue that will be debated from now until Americans lose the right of free speech. This writer agrees with the theory James M. McPherson supports. From the onset of the war, it was simply a matter of time before the South would be forced to concede. The length of time that the Confederate states managed to hold out was quite remarkable considering the …showed first 75 words of 1003 total…

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