Lee and Davis Hit the Road!

[Kome]

General Narciso Lopez tried to invade and liberate Cuba from Spain in otl. Twice. He failed both times but his martyrdom inspired many mercenaries to head into Central America causing quite a few problems for a while. According to wikipedia he also tried recruiting future CSA President Jefferson Davis and General Robert Lee to join his army. Obviously they didnt in otl.

But lets say they did, and manage to survive. I still dont think the invasion of Cuba would succeed, but for the purpose of rule of cool lets say that after the failure of Lopez's Second Expedition, Lee and Davis form their own mercenary army afterwords and attempt to go filibustering against some poor Central American nation afterwords.

How successful do you think they would be?

Maybe instead of William Walker, Jefferson Davis becomes President of Nicaragua? Or maybe they leave Walker alone and try to invade somewhere else.

Or would they fail horribly and be put to death by the USA/return to the United States defeated but hailed as heroes?

Yeah this whole thing's basically trying to run on rule of cool.

[Color-Copycat]

If they do manage to conquer a Central American republic and establish an American (read Southern) friendly regime, they may end up accelerating the start of the American Civil War, especially if they push for annexation.

[Kome]

Bumpity bump!

[Sovereign12]

You should see thread IchBinDieKaiser's thread, A Long and Flowing Whig

[Fiver]

Based on Davis track record, I would not expect him to do well. Lee's record on the offense was not that great, but his aggressiveness could lead to him winning.

Staying in power is another matter. Remember, Walker was the most successful of the filibusters. He lasted less than two years, united Central America against him, and had to be rescued by the US Navy. Walker's next attempt resulted in the British handing him over to the locals, who put him up against the wall and shot him.