[carenot]

Had Sherman not sacked Atlanta before the election of 1864, chances are McClelland would have beaten Lincoln and negotiated a peace that left the Confederacy intact and our country split in half. Were it not for Wm. T. Sherman our nation and the world would look very, very different today.

Yes, States would still have the right to succeed from the Union.

[Wampus SC]

"Yes, States would still have the right to succeed from the Union."

Would? They still do...