i suspect lincoln would have, STUPIDLY, sent in invaders to "preserve the union" of the UNwilling.
one wonders how many INNOCENT civilians the invaders would have robbed,raped,plundered,tortured or MURDERED to return VA to "a subservient status with in the union".
free dixie,sw
One also wonders how many dead the south would have considered it worth sacrificing if they had won their rebellion. How many people was independence worth killing?