Friday, May 18, 2012
Gettysburg's significance
I think the union army's morale would have been greatly lessened, and the forces of both sides would have been weakened due to the large numbers of casualties. Had the south won that battle, the northrners would have felt defeated because they lost a major battle on their own land. The south probably would have then negotiated peace, and maybe even captured the part of Pennsylvania that Gettysburg was in. The border states also would have felt like outcasts because they were slave states on the losing side of a war over slavery, and were on the side of those against slavery. Had the confederacy won at Gettysburg, the Border states would have joined the confederacy and brought a quick end to the civil war if it had not already ended. The union would have been further weakened because states would have thought that if they disagree with the union's governing, they can simply secede. Eventually the union would have fallen apart into individual nations made up ofe one or a few states.
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I do agree that their morale would have dropped, however, I think Lincoln giving up would depend on how many casualties their were. Also, I doubt the Confederacy would accept the border states because they were traitors in a sense, fighting for the Union in a war for slavery. They probably would have broken off of the Union and kind of gotten killed in the crossfire.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that the Union would fall apart even more because many people were abolitionists and wanted to end slavery. Also, factories had excellent business, so most factory dominated states would stay instead of seceding.
ReplyDeleteI think that your point about the border states leaving the Union was totally true, and it would have resulted in the Union's quick defeat. After all, most of the fighting in the east, and some major cities were in the border states.
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