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In reply to the discussion: If the Confederate Army had invaded the Union more than in July 1863, [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)37. The French had a problem in Mexico with Juarez
Not widely known in the US, but if they didn't have that issue, they probably would have gotten involved.
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If the Confederate Army had invaded the Union more than in July 1863, [View all]
raccoon
Jul 2012
OP
I'm not sure but I saw this documentary last night that proved that they were vampires and
mucifer
Jul 2012
#1
THESE are censored TIME magazine images of motherfucking "Ladybird" Johnson:
Poll_Blind
Jul 2012
#27
Any President who'd take on both vampires and (especially) zombies is OK in my book.
Buns_of_Fire
Jul 2012
#52
Guess I should've posted in American History --maybe in a week or so I'd get a response.nt
raccoon
Jul 2012
#3
All that needed to happen in early Spetember, 1862, is for a courier to not loose Special Order 191
GarroHorus
Jul 2012
#4
if McClellen had not had acces to special order 191, Lee woud have surrounded DC
GarroHorus
Jul 2012
#8
If they took Washington, New York would have likely been the interim capital.
ronwelldobbs
Jul 2012
#46
I think as long as the North stayed committed to the fight they could have taken
4th law of robotics
Jul 2012
#21
If D.C. would have the war was over much the same as Richmond as thinking at that time goes.
gordianot
Jul 2012
#5
Ha-ha-ha. One could say the war was over when P.G.T. Beauregard fired
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#26
I shall do likewise later today and tomorrow (when library is open here in LA). I only
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#25
Invading the North in 1863 was an act of desperation for the Confederacy.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jul 2012
#30
Well, I think had his orders not been discovered by a Union soldier, Lee
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#38
Let's give McClellan his due. He was a great organizer and I think it's
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#44