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Say the Americans of the early to mid 19th century are more worried about the threat of European invasion, and so keep a much larger army than IOTL -- say 75-100,000 men -- all trained to equipped to contemporary European standards. When the civil war breaks out, this force splits roughly down the middle, with about half of the men declaring loyalty to the North and half going over to the South. Both sides now have enough regular troops to act as a proper training cadre, and as a result are able to train their new recruits to a much higher standard than they did in real life. How would this affect the course of the American Civil War compared to OTL?
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