[Non-Sequitur]

....even if that had occured I think there would have been an eventual reunification at some point....

I can't agree with that, especially if the confederacy came about as a result of winning the war. Ask yourself: What conditions could have led to a reunification of the Untied States and Great Britain decades after the revolution? The bad feelings between the two would have run too deep; one war would inevitably led to another war or wars; and the United States and the confederacy would have remained separated, and possibly hostile, to this day.

[wardaddy]

It's all speculating isn't it? You may be right...perhaps I was just thinking sentimentally that the shared commonality would have won out. I forget we were such a young Republic.