j: Sure it does General Lee. It means the North beat your ass.
Just my opinion, but your 'might-makes-right' argument would need more than just a little work, to meet even "fifth-grade" standards, my friend!
(You might ask rockrr for input - he's around here somewhere... ;>)
Oh, I don’t think so. That’s the question a lot of America’s former enemies used to ask. Simply because America had won a war, that meant it was ‘’right’’? Well considering that America never started wars with anybody and ended up winning those launched against it (including in 1861) I’d say ‘’Yeah, might DOES make right.’’ Certainly beats whatever would be in second place. Because to quote General Omar Bradley: “In war there’s no second place for the runner-up’’. You can bet damn sure that if the South had won in 1865 they’d damn sure be saying that they were ‘’right’’, right? :-)