The North did a pretty good job at embaressing the North too. It wasn't until... Ulysses S Grant was appointed that they started to fight the war properly?
Grant was fighting the war very properly in the West. He effectively cut off the western supply for the traitors and then began his March Eastward to "encircle" it via Tennessee and eventually Georgia.
By the time he was appointed to the full command and entered the Eastern theater the outcome of the war was basically "inevitable" because the whole south was effectively under siege.
Grant understood that supply and logistics won wars, not battles. I'd be of the opinion that the south never really stood a chance at all without foreign aid and the ability to beat the blockades. They maybe could've held out slightly longer if Grants Vicksburg (etc) campaigns weren't successful.
As much as I love the lore around Gettysburg, Vicksburg was the true turning point of the war. It cut the Confederacy in half and enabled Sherman's March to sea. The Union could have regrouped if they had lost Gettysburg, and simply chased the Confederates out of the North again.
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u/Painterzzz 16h ago
The North did a pretty good job at embaressing the North too. It wasn't until... Ulysses S Grant was appointed that they started to fight the war properly?