I am curious what you folks think might have happened if after the first battle of Manassas / Bull Run the confederate army had been able to press their victory and advance on Washington.
I do not propose that they could have captured the capitol. But what if they had pressed their advantage? Beauregard said that the Confederate army was more disorganized in victory than the Union army in defeat and that is why he did not pursue the fleeing Yankees. What if they had been a bit less disorganized?
I have no opinion because I am not a civil war scholar, but I am a long time resident of the DC area.
I do not propose that they could have captured the capitol. But what if they had pressed their advantage? Beauregard said that the Confederate army was more disorganized in victory than the Union army in defeat and that is why he did not pursue the fleeing Yankees. What if they had been a bit less disorganized?
I have no opinion because I am not a civil war scholar, but I am a long time resident of the DC area.