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Where we meme (joking in tone and detail, serious in sentiment) about General Sherman, the Civil War, and how the secesh traitors had it coming.
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You know who would disagree with you on this?
Sherman.
After burning half of Georgia to the ground, Sherman himself offered peace to Johnson that was generous,(even if it was beyond his authority to offer).
Grant.
Grant offered to feed the Army of Northern Virginia after Lee surrendered. He also let them go home with dignity and their weapons. He even supported Longstreet getting a pardon post war and latter appointed Longstreet to surveyor of Customs in New Orleans.
Lincoln.
Do I really need to elaborate on Lincoln's post war vision?
I detest the evil the CSA stood for then and the "glorious lost cause" it symbolically stands for in modern society. The war was over and Union leadership wanted to win the Peace and not just the War. Plus there was the generation of Reconstruction and occupation.
The only Rebel military leader to be hanged IIRC was the commandant of Camp Sumter in Andersonville. And that was because of the horrific treatment of Union POWs.
Did they deserve execution? Probably.
Would it have helped the country heal? Decidedly not.
Has the country healed? I can understand and appreciate the idea that we are better than that, but what happens when you cut out only part of the cancer? Although to be fair, who knows what the next 175 years would have brought and what stories would have been told if the Confederate leaders had been justifiably executed.
That's a good question and the answer really depends on your world view and assumptions. I can see valid arguments either answer and reasonable people could disagree about it.
But at least the union leadership tried to offer mercy.