[quote=So Boerd]
Attrition only works if you can exhaust your opponent's resources faster than he can deplete yours, or you can exhaust the populace. The first is practically impossible, and the second isimprobable.
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But there are other options. I could exhaust my opponents morale and make them unwilling to fight.

Or if I can hold out long enough where Lincoln isn't re-elected, then perhaps I can find peace with a new leader.

EDIT: That's Charlotte, North Carolina they're at, right?