usertron2020
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Out of curiousity, why would the Union not partake in civilian massacres?(1) Is it out of respect or just so the African slaves wouldn't outnumber the whites in the South?(2) I can understand the latter, but that doesn't mean a few soldiers hear and there won't partake in revanchist killings not sanctioned by their commanders...(3)
But yep, the Confederacy will be doomed. There will be no quarter, Davis will be hanged on the spot wherever he's captured(4), and any remaining Confederate POWs will either take the loyalty oath or...well, they had better times before.(5)
(1) Because by and large the overwhelming majority of civilians left behind were the old, women, and children. This wasn't like the Tsar loosing Cossacks on unwanted populations. These were Americans. Southerners, but Americans. But as has been said, the whole of the South will get what South Carolina got IOTL, and South Carolina? Burned to the ground, from the Georgia state line to the North Carolina state line.
(2) No. I doubt that would enter their minds. What you are talking about can't be done by the horrors of massacre, anyway. The troops would revolt eventually, and/or the civilians would flee.
(3) It could happen in limited situations, but again, only to adult males.
(4) For his sake, he better not be wearing his wife's hat and shawl when they catch him.
(5) WHat does that mean?
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