FMJ yaw and upset performance

[Tony Williams]

Well, if anybody disagrees with my evaluation, I'm open to other opinions as to why war has rules.

I think that you are basically correct, Stan. The USA had a taste of total war before Europe, in your Civil War, but the first European total war of modern times was WW1 - years after Hague.

The Crimean War, at much the same time as the ACW, is regarded as a pretty bloody affair but even so I recall reading of at least one incident when, on the day before a battle, officers from opposing armies separately decided to ride to a nearby hilltop to get a view. They met by chance at the top and had a civilised conversation before returning to their armies and preparing to kill each other the next day.