[Torvald Von Mansee]

Originally Posted by Highbury

I am actually going to discuss the OP and not the Civil War... hope nobody minds...

I would have to say the underrated Woodrow Wilson deserves a tip of the hat. His timing of keeping the US out of WWI until the right moment when the world's previous dominant powers were all but spent was the foundation of the superpower the country is today.

I could be really picky and say the list leaves out the 13 Presidents prior to Washington though

Wilson never wanted to go to war, ever. He burst into tears when the Declaration of War went through Congress.