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re: Civil War ended 150 years ago today
Posted on 4/9/15 at 4:59 pm to Cdawg
Posted on 4/9/15 at 4:59 pm to Cdawg
I am a big time ACW history buff, probably my favorite time period in history to study. Let me pose this scenario for discussion;
How would things have played out if Lee had not surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox and instead melted away (with the rest of Confederate forces still on the field) and commenced with an insurgency campaign against Union forces? How long could they have sustained such a movement and what, if any, goals could they have realistically achieved?
How would things have played out if Lee had not surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox and instead melted away (with the rest of Confederate forces still on the field) and commenced with an insurgency campaign against Union forces? How long could they have sustained such a movement and what, if any, goals could they have realistically achieved?
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Posted on 4/9/15 at 5:05 pm to Burhead
quote:The Confederate military leaders could never gotten their heads around a guerrilla movement. It would have been dishonorable to their way of thinking and slavery would have been exterminated by the occupying Federal forces. You can't have a guerrilla underground slavery-based agrarian society or economy.
How would things have played out if Lee had not surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox and instead melted away (with the rest of Confederate forces still on the field) and commenced with an insurgency campaign against Union forces? How long could they have sustained such a movement and what, if any, goals could they have realistically achieved?
This post was edited on 4/9/15 at 5:06 pm
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