The union didn't caffeinate their way to victory, the southern men went off to distant battlefields and the morally bankrupted northern generals like (((Sherman))) (who traded letters with his wife wherein they exchanged hopes of driving southerners right into the sea) he led armies to farms and towns populated only by the women and children left behind.
They fire-bombed entire cities "Stop there! Leave this building standing so they see a town once stood here." An actual quote.
This was a war meticulously overseen by Honest Abe himself. No wonder Hillary Clinton likened herself to him for being two-faced: One for public consumption, and one for Satan.
Do you see this tactic of deliberately targeting civilians, children, and infrastructure being employed anywhere else in the world right now?