Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Gettysburg Response
If the Confederacy won, it would be a major blow to the Union. If the Union had not won the battle at Gettysburg, then the Civil War would go on much longer than what had actually happened. Although the Confederates wanted the support from Britain or France, it would be unlikely to receive help from them because of the slavery. Also, since the South relied on cotton to push the foreign countries, other countries like India started to supply cotton, therefore, Britain might not start to help the South anytime soon during the 1860's. It will only stop the inevitable, the Union winning over the Confederacy. This victory will only make Abraham Lincoln's reputation worse. Abraham Lincoln cannot make peace with the South because it will show that the Union and all other nations that will soon be built like the USA's that it is weak and easily divided.
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I agree with you in the sense that if the Confederacy had won, it would be very negative on the Union's behalf. But at that time period, I do not think that the Union winning over the Confederacy was inevitable. The Union winning would have been highly probable, but not necessarily certain. Because up until that point, the Confederacy was winning most of the battles.
ReplyDeleteI think that the Union would have lost to the Confederates if the Confederates won the Battle of Gettysburg. Since the Confederates were winning most of the battles, it was possible that the Confederates could end the war without foreign help. Their momentum from the Battle of Gettysburg will give them strength.
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