The Confederate Army after First Bull Run was every bit as disorganized and I dare say scattered as the Federals were. There was no more chance of a "March on Washington" as there was of a moon landing. Both Armies were but armed mobs at that point in the war. I don't believe the AoNV really ever had a chance to win the war. By the fall of 1862, it was already lost in the west. Lee put off the inevitable, but the war was lost on the rivers of the west. 7mm
"Preserving the Constitution, fighting off the nibblers and chippers, even nibblers and chippers with good intentions, was once regarded by conservatives as the first duty of the citizen. It still is." � Wesley Pruden
