** A turning point of the war was the firing on Fort Sumter. It didn't have to happen and made the Confederacy look like the bad guys for starting the war.
Fort Sumter would have had to surrender in a few days because of lack of provisions.
** Incredible improvements in artillery velocity and accuracy made masonry forts obsolete.
** Ironclads made wooden warships obsolete.
** Incredible fortunes were made during the war.
** After the war, the GAR had a huge impact on politics.
** Was Albert Sidney Johnston as good of a general as everyone thought?
--Old Secesh
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