Except that they won't. The next President is going to be worse than McClellan and likely the one who passes the Cursed Amendment. With this and the subsequent President, I don't think even the New Men can save the US. What we are seeing is the slow decline of the US followed by its fall and...
On the topic of the US being a shining beacon on the hill that was mentioned earlier, I feel that the New Men would be anathema to it since they are revanchist and harbour imperialistic ambitions. That's why I suspect that post-Great War, they are largely discredited and reviled as they dragged...
Yeah, it is a shame. However, there is another Confederate Victory TL called This Guilty Land to fill the void. The author intends to cover the Boss Tweed Presidency in the future.
So far, Wrapped in Flames, Cinco de Mayo (and its sequel), and This Guilty Land are the known Civil War TLs on...
I'm pretty sure Palmerston is still alive in 1867 but you're right, there is a split within the Liberals if my memory is correct. Not sure how this will affect British politics in the long run.
As an aside, the author of Nothing For Which To Apologize has been banned and the story has...
I have some random questions about some of the people in this TL. When I was reading about William Gwin of California, I found there was another William Gwin, who was a promising naval officer serving in the Union's riverine navy commanding the Benton. He died from battlefield injuries in 1863...
I believe he said that the map will be out showing 1870. Also, my guesses on the Cursed Amendment are wrong, huh?
As for the proxy wars mentioned above, what proxy wars? Is the US going to support a second Indian Mutiny? The idea of the US doing this is pretty far-fetched.
Also EC, I know you...
Okay. Good that no one in the US is dumb enough to entertain that idea. I guess the 13th Amendment legalizes the secession of states if they vote for it and the rest of the US states agree to it like what happened in that conference McClellan thought up as his 'genius' move. That would...
I've been wondering who is the US President after McClellan but is George Pendleton going to be the next President? I mean, with the coming Emergency of 1867 and how it would tie back to the McClellan Administration, his chances are probably quite low but he might still command influence among...
Given all that is happening in the US and will happen in the future of this story, I'm surprised that the US hasn't collapsed into different nations because of a series of bad Presidents. I know the US becomes an economic powerhouse by the turn of the 20th century but the author did not state...
And so would KingSweden24, I guess. His AH story, Cinco de Mayo, has Longstreet as one of the CS Presidents.
Speaking of, I highly recommend readers of WiF to read it for another unique CS victory TL on this site.
I remember EC said that Breckenridge is one of the Three Good Presidents although not when. I figured he is the first of them but I'm not sure who are the other two. Would Longstreet be one of them?
Since Lee is not running for President, who do you think would be the CS President? It would be funny if it is States Rights Gist (he died in battle in 1864 OTL but I'm sure he's alive ITTL) so future historians would call him President States Rights, and people not in the know would think that...
Yeah, but in fairness given the current political climate which even has the possibility of Confederate sympathizers gaining political positions in Washington and that a 'Cursed Amendment' gets approved that would have repercussions for American politics for years, I can't think of any great...
So is Lee going to be President? And I thought he was not interested in politics. Also, an interesting place Kearny has found himself in, but wasn't he a bad general, at least according to an article I read a long time ago?
From the above, it seems the Confederacy has a lot of friendly...