Oh, I don't know. Having Ben Butler in the White House from 1865 to 1869 would have had a certain.....clarifying effect on what the war was all about.
And here's another interesting thought: would the other commands have capitulated, knowing Butler was now in charge, after Lincoln's assassination?
That's a lot to think about.
Erratum: I have occasionally posted upthread, here or elsewhere, about a Texas Confederate outfit I referred to as "Waugh's Legion": the actual name was Waul's. It was a 6,000-man combined-arms formation with organic horse, infantry, and artillery elements.
FYI, there is a reference to Waul's Legion in Lone Star Blue and Gray by Wooster: "Waul's Legion, organized near Brenham in the summer of 1863 and commanded by Colonel Thomas N. Waul, had a sizable number of Germans, as did also companies B and F of Terry's Rangers."
That was the extent of the Waul reference. The author was using it and other similar units (e.g., various companies from the First, Fourth, and Seventh Texas Cavalries) to make the point that, "Although many Texas Germans opposed secession, large numbers of Germans served in Confederate units from Texas."