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Explanation: At the start of the US Civil War, both sides (some far-sighted individuals like Grant and Sherman aside) thought it would be a quick and relatively bloodless affair. The two sides would clash in a storm of gunpowder and battle cries, a few casualties would be had, and then one side or the other would turn over and compromise rather than continue. A bit of excitement, more than anything!
For this reason, not only did many young men eagerly enlist into military, but many civilians even came along to picnic and watch the first great clash of the war - the First Battle of Bull Run.
… it was not nearly so bloodless an affair as they imagined, and the war would go on for four painful years of industrialized warfare.
So US underestimating their “little” wars is a tradition?
Oof. Reminds me of Boadicea and her encircling wagons at the Battle of Watling Street.
Don’t bring your families to work, guys. And definitely don’t let them clog up the car park so you can’t get home
Proto - war films, Hollywood been making them since
Violence has been entertainment for a lot longer than America has existed of course
KILL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Bull_Run
Dipshits thought both sides would do a volley, kill basically no one, and call it a war.
