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Confederates Win! If Stonewall doesn't die.
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<blockquote data-quote="jayem" data-source="post: 38023916" data-attributes="member: 8344"><p>From what I've read, the Confederate's best chance was 7 months earlier at Sharpsburg. Even with the Union finding Lee's plans for dividing his forces, the Confederates still achieved a partial goal in capturing Harper's Ferry. But McClellan was able to block any further progress and inflict enough casualties that the Confederates were forced to withdraw. Though hardly a victory for the Union, it ended Lee's plans to invade the North, and it dissuaded the French and British from recognizing and supporting the South. If the CSA had a strong chance to force negotiations for its independence, it likley lost it when Lee was stymied at Antietam.</p><p> </p><p>But speculating about counterfactual history is fun. Suppose those misplaced Confederate orders weren't found by Union soldiers...?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jayem, post: 38023916, member: 8344"] From what I've read, the Confederate's best chance was 7 months earlier at Sharpsburg. Even with the Union finding Lee's plans for dividing his forces, the Confederates still achieved a partial goal in capturing Harper's Ferry. But McClellan was able to block any further progress and inflict enough casualties that the Confederates were forced to withdraw. Though hardly a victory for the Union, it ended Lee's plans to invade the North, and it dissuaded the French and British from recognizing and supporting the South. If the CSA had a strong chance to force negotiations for its independence, it likley lost it when Lee was stymied at Antietam. But speculating about counterfactual history is fun. Suppose those misplaced Confederate orders weren't found by Union soldiers...? [/QUOTE]
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