There are no "losers, winners" in war. The carnage of our Civil War was felt for over 100 years. The era after that war was called Reconstruction...for good reason. The economics of the Civil War brought about successive depressions, 1873, 1893 and 1920. War profits only those who are financially leveraged and networked. Those who are less leveraged and networked, not so much. Any statue the commemorates War is ceremoniously unholy. The commemoration is always associated with some sort of divine cause. But, I am a practical fellow about these things. War seems to be our nature. Why? Answer:_______________________________.

We'll Fight for Uncle Sam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQL_EQi3M3o

Song of the Irish Brigade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWB7_o6x6DA