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re: Did the South ever really have a chance (Civil War)?
Posted on 7/18/22 at 12:25 pm to LB84
Posted on 7/18/22 at 12:25 pm to LB84
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The US lost its capitol to the enemy in the American Revolution and the War of 1812. Neither time did it finish them off or cause them to come to the negotiating table.
the Capitol had been in DC for barely a decade and the country was much smaller. You are right, capitols didn't mean much then, but meant a lot more in 1861.
the ,majority of the north was not at all interested in war with the south and if DC had fallen that quickly, their opposition would have steeled against it.
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Posted on 7/18/22 at 12:47 pm to udtiger
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but meant a lot more in 1861.
DC hardly made anything for warfare. Unless you somehow capture all the politicians and generals it means about nothing (they would have evacuated). Now Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincinnati, or Philadelphia where each of those cities had more manufacturing capabilities than any 3 southern cities put together would be more worthwhile.
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