>>17842980 (OP)the south would never be able to "win" the civil war, only get peace with the north
then just imagine how the north and europeans would kick them around and do everything to undermine their economy
the north would never make a peace in good faith and attempt to reconquer soon anyway
and the whole idea of "they need the souths cotton" fell on its face at the outset of the war
no european nation would recognize the south despite initial hopes and would most certainly stay that way as long as slavery persisted, abolitionist sentiment was way bigger europe
tons of people in the south knew all this and said exactly before the war started, they knew it was an idiotic lose-lose situation
i imagine the north at least retaking New Orleans by 1870 and heavy sanctions for years to come
with no fugitive slaves laws, think of the smuggling of both people and goods that would boom
>then whatit would by our time be the same result but with the south much poorer, less developed, and worse off
the eventually reintegrated south would probably have less representation in the government, territory status for a while
>t. southern born converative raised before you call me a northern tranny