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Drink and brawl.

One theory is that Confederate morale suffered during the long intervals between battles, because they were naturally combative men who loved a good fight.

John 'Grey Ghost' Mosby, one of the principal keepers of the Lost Cause legend, claimed that this cost them the war. He actually theorised that if Grant had got his way in 1862, and been allowed to pursue the Confederate armies all the way to Alabama and the sea, the South would have won.

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