[VerySadAmerican]

This country would have been a lot better off if the “rebels
had won.

[LegendHasIt]

"This country would have been a lot better off if the rebels had won."

This country would be a lot better off if we had picked our own damn cotton.

And it would be better off now if we picked our own damn lettuce.

[atc23]

This country would have been a lot better off if the “rebels had won.

Ah, but for Hooker zigging when he should have zagged and a few more company's of fighting men at Little Round Top. History turns quite often in a span of inches or mere moments.