Which of these statements is most consistent with the facts of the Civil War by May of 1862?
a) an Illinoisan claiming the Emancipation Proclamation will win the war before the Fourth of July
b) a Confederate boasting about southern dominance of the water after the victory of the Merrimack (or Virginia, as he would probably call it) over the Monitor
c) a Mississippi resident claiming that Southerners dominate the land west of the Appalachians
d) a Yankee bragging that as soon as McClellan captures Richmond the war will be over