Odd CSA A/H challenge

[NHBL]

Using a POD no earlier than the firing on Fort Sumpter, is there a reasonable timeline that leaves the CSA independent, but the USA at least as powerful in 1920 as it was in OTL--essentially the most powerful nation on Earth, but the idea hasn't quite sunk in to the rest of the world?

[Straha]

try my North And South: The Split timeline

[DuQuense]

Battle of Bull Run- Lincoln was pushing for the Army of the Potomac to do something. They moved south Lots of Washinton Bigwigs went along to watch the CS get it's A** kicked. The CS won and the Bigwigs fleed back to DC in Panic. The CS wasn't in shape to prusue.
POD. The A of P waits several more Weeks. let say one month
Jackson has arrived and reported to Lee. Lee has several more weeks to get to know his officers and prepare the Troops.
Bull Run happens with quicker CS victory. Stuarts Calvery prusues. Several leaders of Congress Captured. A day later the CS Army engages the AoP outside Arlington, and Captures DC. With CS Soldiers sitting in the Galleries the Congress passes a bill calling for Regoniziation of the CSA, and the removal of Congress to Philidelphia. Several week later the European Countries regonize the CS with GB hosting the peace conference.
With the Withdraw of the Agucultural South. the US reinsitutes the US Bank and focuses on Industrialization. Due to this increased focus by 1910, the US [dispite the loss of all territory south of the Mason-Dixon -Ohio river-Red River -line, is equal to to OTL in industrail might. Of course it's not quite the Agucultral giant. But with Friendly relations with it's Southern and Northern Neighbors, allow it to import and transshipp agucultrial products along with it's Industrial Shippments.

[thekingsguard]

Actually, a lot of AH where the CSA wins still sees the USA become a superpower/great power. People tend to forget that untilo fairly recently, klike last sixty years or so, the South was dead weight.

[Elfwine]

Originally Posted by DuQuense

Battle of Bull Run- Lincoln was pushing for the Army of the Potomac to do something. They moved south Lots of Washinton Bigwigs went along to watch the CS get it's A** kicked. The CS won and the Bigwigs fleed back to DC in Panic. The CS wasn't in shape to prusue.
POD. The A of P waits several more Weeks. let say one month
Jackson has arrived and reported to Lee. Lee has several more weeks to get to know his officers and prepare the Troops.

Um, several problems right off the bat.

1) And lots of three month men have their enlistments expire.

2) Lee? Lee is nowhere near here. And Jackson's brigade HAS arrived here.

Also, did we (the kingsguard and me) just necro this, or is almost five months okay if there's a contribution?

[CalBear]

Originally Posted by Elfwine

Um, several problems right off the bat.

1) And lots of three month men have their enlistments expire.

2) Lee? Lee is nowhere near here. And Jackson's brigade HAS arrived here.

Also, did we (the kingsguard and me) just necro this, or is almost five months okay if there's a contribution?

It wasn't 5 months. It was 8 YEARS and five months.