subtitle bridge battle pittsburgh october early september amp gen robert e lee perplex d smash army potomac gettysburg chew remnant try defend washington capture city burn process come card throw bag lincoln amp grant instead gain confederacy ultimate victory lee seek begin risky campaign fall washington serve radicalize amp galvanize northlincoln sail boston set new capital decline offer mediation peace extend ambassador great britain amp france london amp paris soon recognize confederacy government house charred amp bulletpocke city washington dd district dixie announce join war secure independencebut union amp anglofrench naval vessel exchange broadside prussian declare union amp launch strong attack france amp bavaria lead austrians jealous fearful prussian cousin aim supplant primacy germanic world throw france czar mobilize million newly emancipate serf create large single army see planet lead attack viennawith csa britain france amp austria fight usa prussia amp russia world war begin august quothome leave fallquot cry hear northern hemispherelee convince jefferson davis reinforce shift troop frombraggs army create th corps army northern virginia comprise tennessee man amp recruit new confederate state maryland gen pat cleburne pick run lee intend use new corps screen offensivewith fall vicksburg amp port hudson lee reason gensherman east relieve union fortune intercept sherman amp destroy army link grant war surely end scan map lee determine pittsburgh key control sever east west rail line leave union perfect place meet british actually anglocanadian expeditionary force form canada crossing lake erielee send outline plan commander bef sir patrick macdougall highly receptive send reply promise rendezvous lee pittsburgh october september grant amp lincoln assume lee northeast day minister canadian government strong abolition man defect copy confederate general letter debate war leader convince document authentic amp set counter lee plan rd corps leave defend susquehanna river line case wrong telegram send sherman instruct pittsburgh quickly possibleby th lee begin march northeast pittsburgh grant steal day march question city meet lee amp grant bef shuttle lake erie march western borderland pennsylvania sherman come ohio valley grant lee know reinforce exactly understand savage fight pittsburgh southern history book battle bridgesa note alternative history american civil war prequel wahoo battle washington july

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