What might of happened if the north had lost the battle of Gettysburg?

Answer 1

What might have happened is that the Northern newspapers and politicians may have spread panic, forcing congress to sue for peace, but depending on the nature of the defeat, Meade might have rallied his troops, retreated in good order, and fallen back to another defensible position blocking Lee's progress to the north and east. In any event, Lee could not have captured Washington. Washington was the most fortified city in the world at that time, and Lee was not traveling with a siege train. Much like Hannibal outside the walls of Rome, Lee could have done little more than shake his futile saber in the face of his enemy.

Answer 2

The Union would have suffered a big psychological blow, in allowing Lee to invade the North, where he had failed the year before.

Short-term, the Confederates would have been able to replenish their supplies. In particular, there was a big boot-and-shoe factory near Gettysburg. Also it was rich farm country, that could provide food, when the Southern farms were increasingly war-ravaged.

But the Confederates would not have had the manpower to mount a lasting invasion of Union country.

However a Confederate win at Gettysburg might still have impacted on Lincoln's chances in the 1864 election.

Answer 3

south would have still lost but the war would have lingered on

Answer 4

There would be no split between the union and the conferacy