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To state the obvious, the American Civil War was devastating. The Union and Confederacy had over a million and a half total men killed, wounded, and captured.

Creating a more United US is not easy, but can happen. If we have a variety of PoD resulting in a peaceful emancipation of slaves in most of the Upper South starting in the 1830s, probably led by Virginia, slightly better Compromises than 1820 and 1850, earlier Boll Wevill, or a delayed Cotton Gin, slavery can be weakened and tension leading to a Civil War can be done away with.

If a president who secretly wants all Canada sabotaged the negotiations with Britain over the US/BE Border, we could have a fight break out around the Civil War era over the unresolved tension.

If we had an initially united United States around the time of the Civil War go up against Britain over the border, in a scenario where both sides consider themselves the defender, can the US beat Britain if it has an American Civil War Level effort?
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