Did the South ever really have a chance (Civil War)?

Had Great Britain agreed to sign on, who knows? And France. They loved their cotton from lower south.

Railroads
Banks
Man power
Ammunition galore

Vs

Agrarian and spirited

Not sure but it’ll rise again

Rhett was right.

The union didn't really have the resources. The south did. What the south lacked were manufacturing capabilities, so the effective naval blockade is really what I think doomed them. Without a way to trade their resources for war materiel from abroad, the south was effectively dead on arrival.

The south has better generals, too.

But yeah once the Anaconda Plan was in tact and Gettysburg was lost, it was over.

It lasted a lot longer than it was predicted.

The confederates hoped to break the will of the people of the north and thought the war would only last a few months before the north gave up.

I think if either side had known it would have gone on that long with that many casualties, neither side would have participated. The South wouldn't have succeeded and the North wouldn't have stopped them if they did.

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The confederates hoped to break the will of the people of the north and thought the war would only last a few months before the north gave up.

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Eerily similar to the schlieffen plan.

Could have resulted in a short war and less loss of life. The south would have given up their slaves when it no longer became economically feasible with industrialization. Probably by the 1890s

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South had a chance until the supplies were cut off.

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this ^^^^^^^

it had to be done in short order and done fast, with no fricking up or waiting around for someone to issue new orders to keep going

at gettysburg (i think it was gettysburg) they won large on the first day, the union retreated and was in shambles and they could have just walked into the capital unopposed, after that they could have arrested lincoln and congress and forced their surrender and the war would be won.

instead, they just fricked around and got drunk celebrating winning the battle rather then march unopposed right into washington and finish winning the war. all because they never expected to win so easily and they had no orders what to do after taking gettysburg

by the time they got their shite together, the north got rearmed and reinforced and turned the battle for the union.

that one battle (i think it was gettysburg) ended the confederacy because they didnt know what to do when they won so they just stayed put and did nothing while the union reorganized and counter attacked

I think at Antietam, Lee blew his chance to win a military victory.
Not at the battle itself, but at that juncture.

The South had all the momentum, the North was poorly lead and a big victory at that time possibly could have pushed the Northern populace over the edge and weakened Lee’s position. Who knows? Lee might could have taken DC.

But everything went wrong. The North found Lee’s orders and were able to plan to confront Lee at a place if their choosing with Southern forces scattered.