General Lee before the Battle of Gettysburg could have something like:
"One more battle and we'll take Washington. This will end this war and guarantee our freedom."
"One more battle to humiliate the Yankee forces. This will be easy."
General Lee after the Battle of Gettysburg could have said something like:
"That did not go as planned. If only I had had Stonewall Jackson with me."
"How did it all go wrong? We were supposed to win."
"We must regroup quickly so they do not take advantage of our situation."
Both had major rivers and dependable flood
The drives for independence in Mexico and Brazil were different because there was a violent revolution while Brazil's revolution was bloodless.
No, by using credit cards more you are putting yourself into debt. It also causes more problems then it would to pay by cash.