blessings in disguise
... that in 1865, Confederate losses during the American Civil War were characterized as "blessings in disguise"?
... that in 1865, <a href="./Confederate_States_of_America" id="mwBCg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate</a> losses during the <a href="./American_Civil_War" id="mwBCk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> were characterized as "<b id="mwBCo"><a class="mw-redirect" href="./Blessing_in_disguise_(idiom)" id="mwBCs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Blessing in disguise (idiom)">blessings in disguise</a></b>"?