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Since this was just brought up again, I'll ask this question.

What would have been the consequences had the Army of the Potomac under Gen. McClellan destroyed the Army of Northern Virginia, leading to an Appomattox-like surrender by Robert E. Lee shortly afterwards? How soon would Richmond have fallen after this? How much would the war have been shortened?

I presume that after such a victory, McClellan would be a very celebrated war hero in the Union. A President McClellan might be quite possible, maybe not in 1864, but '68 could be a possibility.
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