Total War 84

Quick and Dirty History by Patrick Brooks

Jan 9, 20254:48Comedy

The American Civil War rages on, but Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant intend to end it...at any cost. "War is cruelty…there is no use in trying to reform it...the crueler it is, the sooner it will be over" - William...

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