Defeat would blot the Confederate States of America from the face of the earth. Confederate victory would destroy the United States and create a precedent for further balkanization of the territory once governed under the Constitution of 1789.


No Peace without Victory, 1861–1865 (2003)

James M. McPherson Quotes

Defeat would blot the Confederate States of America from the face of the earth. Confederate victory would destroy the United States and create a...

Defeat would blot the Confederate States of America from the face of the earth. Confederate victory would destroy the United States and create a...

Defeat would blot the Confederate States of America from the face of the earth. Confederate victory would destroy the United States and create a...

Defeat would blot the Confederate States of America from the face of the earth. Confederate victory would destroy the United States and create a...