If the Confederacy had won...

If the Confederacy had won at Gettysburg, the Confederacy would have won.  Since General Robert E. Lee knew about a letter ready to give to Lincoln asking for peace, that letter would have been sent right away.  Lincoln may have been able to say no, but the loss in the North would weaken the North and weaken the spirit in the North.  A win on the east also encouraged the North, which was the kind of encouragement the South needed and the kind of discouragement the North needed for the South to maybe win.  I think it would have mattered if the South won because the South was at a great disadvantage and both sides lost ALOT of men so it would have made the North look bad and discourage the North from possibly even going on in the war.  I don't think the South would have gained support from Britain or France because of the South's slavery, but I also don't think that the South would have needed it by then.  Lincoln may have asked for peace, but I doubt he would do that soon after the battle.  If the South had won at Gettysburg, Lincoln probably would have looked to make peace with the South after a couple losing battles after Gettysburg.  All in all, the Confederate winning at Gettysburg could have led to the downfall of the Union and the stronger creation of the Confederacy.