If the Army of the Potomac had never crossed the Potomac in 1861 then there would not have been a war. The South wasn’t eager to invade a country with 2.5x the population. Besides the whole point of secession it to end a political relationship not to turn around and occupy them.
>If the Army of the Potomac had never crossed the Potomac in 1861 then there would not have been a war. The South wasn’t eager to invade a country with 2.5x the population. Besides the whole point of secession it to end a political relationship not to turn around and occupy them.
Exactly. Which is why it wasn’t a civil war. A Civil war involves sides trying to take over the central government. This was a war of secession exactly like the one the 13 colonies fought against Great Britan, admittedly for a less than noble cause.