Let us suppose that General. Meade threw caution to the wind for a moment and launched a full counter attack all along the rebel line after Pickett's charge is annihilated. Could Lee with a tired, exhausted and decimated army have withstood such an assault? Is there any possibility of a Cannea, with the entire army of Northern Virginia completely encircled? If that were the case does the South still fight on or do they come to the negotiation table and try to offer the most favorable terms possible short of reinstatement into the union?