I think that if the Confederates had won the Battle of
Gettysburg and defeated the Union as bad as they had
defeated the Confederates than the outcome of the war would have been different.
The Union would have lost a large chunk of their army
maybe even most of their army, severely weakening them and maybe even disable
their fighting force allowing the Confederates to easily negotiate peace. I don’t
think that the Confederates would get foreign support even if they won,
however, because the reason for the war is now about slavery and since Britain
and France
abolished slavery, I doubt that they would decide to join the Confederates. I
think Lincoln would have probably
looked to make peace after such a loss because since the bulk of the Union army
was at Gettysburg, if they lost
then they would have been crippled.
I agree with you that if the Confederacy won it would be a huge blow to the Union army. However I don't think that it would easily end the entire war because we learned that a few days later the Battle of Vicksburg also gave the Union a significant victory. This battle might have boosted their motivation and let them continue fighting.
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