Do yall like the individual point of view format as a change of pace or should I go back to the original format?
God Save These American States
The Bloody Decade: Rebellions and Interventions 3
San Antonio, Republic of Louisiana: February 20,1843
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna surveyed the forces at his disposal; he had his Northeastern Imperial Army: 90,000 Infantry, 5,000 Cavalry, 33 Batteries of Field Guns, and 3 Batteries of Horse Guns. As well as the Loyal Army of Louisiana which consists of 15,000 Infantry, 2,000 Cavalry, and 2 Batteries of Field Guns. And a stock pile of supplies large enough to fight two major engagements. His two major problems were his supply line which ran back to almost 300 miles to the Rail head in Monterey. And the Republic of Louisiana itself. From his short time here in San Antonio he had determined that the Government was for the most part just as corrupt as the one overthrown just a decade earlier and if it did manage to win its independence from the Commonwealth State of Louisiana it would not remain independent very long before revolution either lead it back into the C.A.S. or forced Mexico to annex the hack job of a Republic. He had urged the Emperor and the Prime Minister to go ahead and Annex it into the Empire as the Province of Tejas and get it over with. The Loyal Army of Louisiana was a rabble in uniform; the enlisted men had no respect for their officers, not that those officers deserve any respect by what Santa Anna had seen. To make it combat effective he had already begun incorporating it into the Imperial Northeastern Army, and under Mexican Officers supervision it was almost passable as militia troops.
Regardless of this Santa Anna knew that he had to push his army east as far as possible before the Commonwealth could get a large army west of the Mississippi. He hoped to be able to reach the Western Bank of the Mississippi River, maybe even take New Orleans before the Commonwealth had organized and deployed substantial forces to counter his advance. He would level the Louisianans to defend San Antonio until the Next column for troops under General Manuel Rojo arrived sometime in early march. Santa Anna’s hopes of Reaching the Mississippi River would be dashed when his Army ran into Randolph’s Army of the Trans Mississippi on March 7, 1843 at a small village called Jaget’s Crossing (1) on the Trinity River.
On the San Antonio Road.
Major General Randolph had marched his assembled Army of the Trans Mississippi from Port Royal west along the San Antonio Road, a winding path that ran west from Quelqueshue, La to San Antonia, La.
The battle of Jaget’s Crossing would begin at 1115h pm March 7,1843 when Santa Anna’s Vanguard ran into Randolph’s Vanguard east of the town of Jaget’s Crossing. As the two forces clashed the Battle had begun By 1300h all of Randolph’s Army was on the field and 2/3rds of Santa Anna’s had come up. The battle will teeter totter back and forth for the rest of the day with the weight of the Mexican Numbers slowly pushing the Americans back. This was to be expected because Santa Anna 90,000 Infantry to Randolph’s 40,000. That night by the warm humid moonlight Randolph collected as many of his wounded as he could and withdrew his men to the east. The first real battle of the Commonwealth-Mexican War was a Mexican Victory. Over the course of the next day Randolph would withdraw with a strong rear guard and strong Cavalry screen keeping the procuring Mexican Army at bay until he had reached the town of Tevis Bluff, La and his men crossed the Neches River deploying into defensive positions around the bridge that Randolph was able to rest. For his part Santa Anna gave a warm pursuit; of Commonwealth Army his men were tired and needed a rest before he could fight a second battle. So he halted short of Tevis’ Bluff and rested his men and horses. Both sides would rest for the next two days before the cat and mouse game would continue.
The Bridge over the Trinity River at Jaget's Crossing
Barcelona, Bolivia March 10,1843
Major General John Tyler was a royally pissed off commander. He had just received word that his reinforcements had been cut down from 150,000 men and 24 batteries of artillery, to just 80,000 men and 8 batteries of artillery. This was due, of course, to the Mexican invasion of western Louisiana. Which had diverted his original reinforcements, and for a time it looked like he might not receive any reinforcements at all. (2) That was until the states of Cuba and Dominica reached a deal with the Commonwealth Government and the Commander General of the Commonwealth Army. In this deal Cuba and Dominica would take over responsibility for reinforcing the Colombian Theater as they were the states in the best position to support that theater and the worst position to support the Western Theater. To this end each state raised 30,000 Infantry, and 5,000 Cavalry as well as 4 batteries of Field guns and one battery of Horse Artillery. This worked out well for the two Island states as it allowed them to send their troops to the front where their populations wanted to fight the war.
With his new troops being limited to Tyler to split the Army the Northern half would be known as the Northern Army of South America while the southern half would be known as the Southern Army of South America. He would send the Reinforcements to the Southern Army. Tyler's spring offensive would focus on the Southern army. While he made “loud noisy demonstrations” in the North, Vanguard once reinforced would defeat the enemy forces in front of him and take the Town of Maracay cutting the Colombian’s over land supply lines.
Major General William Vanguard
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna surveyed the forces at his disposal; he had his Northeastern Imperial Army: 90,000 Infantry, 5,000 Cavalry, 33 Batteries of Field Guns, and 3 Batteries of Horse Guns. As well as the Loyal Army of Louisiana which consists of 15,000 Infantry, 2,000 Cavalry, and 2 Batteries of Field Guns. And a stock pile of supplies large enough to fight two major engagements. His two major problems were his supply line which ran back to almost 300 miles to the Rail head in Monterey. And the Republic of Louisiana itself. From his short time here in San Antonio he had determined that the Government was for the most part just as corrupt as the one overthrown just a decade earlier and if it did manage to win its independence from the Commonwealth State of Louisiana it would not remain independent very long before revolution either lead it back into the C.A.S. or forced Mexico to annex the hack job of a Republic. He had urged the Emperor and the Prime Minister to go ahead and Annex it into the Empire as the Province of Tejas and get it over with. The Loyal Army of Louisiana was a rabble in uniform; the enlisted men had no respect for their officers, not that those officers deserve any respect by what Santa Anna had seen. To make it combat effective he had already begun incorporating it into the Imperial Northeastern Army, and under Mexican Officers supervision it was almost passable as militia troops.
Regardless of this Santa Anna knew that he had to push his army east as far as possible before the Commonwealth could get a large army west of the Mississippi. He hoped to be able to reach the Western Bank of the Mississippi River, maybe even take New Orleans before the Commonwealth had organized and deployed substantial forces to counter his advance. He would level the Louisianans to defend San Antonio until the Next column for troops under General Manuel Rojo arrived sometime in early march. Santa Anna’s hopes of Reaching the Mississippi River would be dashed when his Army ran into Randolph’s Army of the Trans Mississippi on March 7, 1843 at a small village called Jaget’s Crossing (1) on the Trinity River.
On the San Antonio Road.
Major General Randolph had marched his assembled Army of the Trans Mississippi from Port Royal west along the San Antonio Road, a winding path that ran west from Quelqueshue, La to San Antonia, La.
The battle of Jaget’s Crossing would begin at 1115h pm March 7,1843 when Santa Anna’s Vanguard ran into Randolph’s Vanguard east of the town of Jaget’s Crossing. As the two forces clashed the Battle had begun By 1300h all of Randolph’s Army was on the field and 2/3rds of Santa Anna’s had come up. The battle will teeter totter back and forth for the rest of the day with the weight of the Mexican Numbers slowly pushing the Americans back. This was to be expected because Santa Anna 90,000 Infantry to Randolph’s 40,000. That night by the warm humid moonlight Randolph collected as many of his wounded as he could and withdrew his men to the east. The first real battle of the Commonwealth-Mexican War was a Mexican Victory. Over the course of the next day Randolph would withdraw with a strong rear guard and strong Cavalry screen keeping the procuring Mexican Army at bay until he had reached the town of Tevis Bluff, La and his men crossed the Neches River deploying into defensive positions around the bridge that Randolph was able to rest. For his part Santa Anna gave a warm pursuit; of Commonwealth Army his men were tired and needed a rest before he could fight a second battle. So he halted short of Tevis’ Bluff and rested his men and horses. Both sides would rest for the next two days before the cat and mouse game would continue.
The Bridge over the Trinity River at Jaget's Crossing
Barcelona, Bolivia March 10,1843
Major General John Tyler was a royally pissed off commander. He had just received word that his reinforcements had been cut down from 150,000 men and 24 batteries of artillery, to just 80,000 men and 8 batteries of artillery. This was due, of course, to the Mexican invasion of western Louisiana. Which had diverted his original reinforcements, and for a time it looked like he might not receive any reinforcements at all. (2) That was until the states of Cuba and Dominica reached a deal with the Commonwealth Government and the Commander General of the Commonwealth Army. In this deal Cuba and Dominica would take over responsibility for reinforcing the Colombian Theater as they were the states in the best position to support that theater and the worst position to support the Western Theater. To this end each state raised 30,000 Infantry, and 5,000 Cavalry as well as 4 batteries of Field guns and one battery of Horse Artillery. This worked out well for the two Island states as it allowed them to send their troops to the front where their populations wanted to fight the war.
With his new troops being limited to Tyler to split the Army the Northern half would be known as the Northern Army of South America while the southern half would be known as the Southern Army of South America. He would send the Reinforcements to the Southern Army. Tyler's spring offensive would focus on the Southern army. While he made “loud noisy demonstrations” in the North, Vanguard once reinforced would defeat the enemy forces in front of him and take the Town of Maracay cutting the Colombian’s over land supply lines.
Major General William Vanguard
- OTL Liberty,Tx
- The original plan called for the Commonwealth Army to army more Bolivian soldiers, this still happens even with the new “arrangements”.
The Bloody Decade: The War of Spanish Succession: Iberia in the Autumn
Iberia: The War finally begins
The war of Spanish Succession began with the assassination of the King of Spain and his Daughter the Princess of Austria; and the choice over who would follow King Francisco I as the next King of Spain. However for the majority of the first year of the war no battles took place there. There were several reasons for this. First Spain and Granada were caught off guard by the onset of the war and were scrambling to secure as much of the strategic positions on the border as possible before the feared French invasion began. Second France and its client state the Protectorate of Aragon was caught off guard by the war and was itself scrambling to mobilize along the Iberian Frontier as well as having to deal with the Collapse of the Kingdom of Sardinia in the Early months of the war. Third Louis XVII and the French Government firmly denied the accusations that they had killed the Francisco of Spain who was among other thing a distant cousin of Louis XVII.
However, by the Fall of 1842 everyone was as ready as they were going to get Spain had assembled 200,000 infantry; 20,000 Cavalry; 30 Batteries of field guns and 10 batteries of horse artillery in addition to the garrisons manning the various defensive forts throughout the kingdom(1). The Spanish Army was divided up into two armies each army consisted of 95,000 Infantry 9,000 Cavalry, 15 batteries of field guns and 5 batteries of horse guns. The two armies were named the Western Army commanded by Teniente General Alphonse de Tyrrell. The Eastern Army was commanded by Teniente general Juan Carlos Rodriguez. King Marius with the Rank of Captain General(3) commanded a third force based in Valencia This force was made up of the Royal Guards Corps 25,000 infantry 5,000 cavalry, 3 batteries of field guns and 1 battery of horse guns as well as the Italian Army of Iberia which had 50,000 Infantry, 5,000 cavalry, 4 batteries of field guns, and 2 batteries of horse artillery. In addition to these armies a reserve division was kept in Valencia.
Granadans had mobilized an army of 150,000 infantry, 9,000 Cavalry, 18 batteries of field guns and 6 batteries of horse guns. They chose to divide their army up into 3 corps of 50,000 infantry, 3,000 cavalry, 6 batteries of field guns and 2 batteries of horse guns.
Across the board Duke Louis Charles Lord Protector of Arragon had the Army of Arragon 100,000 infantry, 15,000 cavalry, 8 batteries of field guns and 5 batteries of horse guns. In addition to his French Army of Protection which was comprised of 280,000 infantry, 30,000 cavalry, 20 batteries of field guns and 10 batteries of horse guns after being reinforced from France during the summer. He had divided his army up into two area armies. The Central Iberian Army having 180,000 infantry, 20,000 cavalry, 11 batteries of field guns and 5 batteries of horse guns. While the Northern Iberian Army had 100,000 Infantry, 12,000 Cavalry, 9 batteries of field guns and 5 batteries of horse guns. The Northern Iberian Army commanded by Lieutenant General Francos O'Reilly based out of Burgos and the Central Iberian Army based out of Zaragoza whose de jure commander was Lieutenant General Henri Gilbert Marquis de Lafayette(2), however Duke Louis was its de facto commander. To the south he placed the Army of Arragon commanded by Lieutenant General Ramon Cabrera y Griñó, 1st Duke of Maestrazgo,1st Count of Morella, 1st Marquis of Ter, and was based out of Tarragon on the Mediterranean coast.
The of Fall of 1842 would see a series of five major battles between Spanish and Grenadian forces and the French and Aragon forces. On October 12,1842 King Marius would lead the his Guards Army (75.000inf/11,000cav/7fg/3hg) east along the Mediterranean coast, while Teniente general Juan Carlos Rodriguez would lead the Eastern Army east toward the Aragonese Capital Zaragoza. The Granada's 1st corps would move into the positions protecting Valencia that the Guards Army vacated and the Granadan 2nd Corps would occupy the Eastern Army’s position. While the Western Army would hold its positions in the Mountains North of Madrid.
The Battle of Calatayud October 15-16,1842
The Battle of Calatayud or the Dasiter at Calatayud as it is also known to the Spanish Army would begin in the early morning hours of October 15th when the Spanish vanguard ran into a Brigade of French Cavalry just north of town. The French Cavalry dismounted and fought a delaying action until reinforcements could arrive. By the 1000 hour a full division of French cavalry and their supporting horse artillery faced off against a mix of Spanish cavalry and Infantry. The French Cavalry would be able to delay the Spanish advance long enough for Duke Louis and de Lafayette to bring a third of their Army on to the battlefield occupying the hills east of the town. Louis and Lafayette then began to bait Rodriguez to commit his whole army to the battle, which my dusk on the 15th he had save for a cavalry screen to his north and a division of 15,000 men that was half a days march west of the rest of the army. during the night Lafayette would ride hard to the rest of the army camped about fifteen miles east of town. Then next day battle would resume and during the morning things were looking good for the Spanish they appeared to have caught only a part of the French Army here and they were steadily pushing the French back. Then at 1300 hours everything changed. Rodriguez started getting panicked reports from his screening cavalry that large numbers of french troops were descending on both his right and left flanks. Realizing his mistake Rodriguez ordered his division that had just come on the field to reinforce his right flank and began redeploying his line to meet the new threat to his left. He did everything humanly possible to counter the new threats but he didn't have enough. At 1400 hours the French slammed into the Spanish flanks. The Spanish fought with the desperation of condemned men but by 1515h it was clear the flanks were gonna go. So Rodriguez began to withdraw his center though a series of fighting retreats. And he managed to get about 45,000 of his infantry out before his flanks broke and his retreat became a rout. Rodriguez would rally what men he could and attempt to break out at 1600h but the odds were too stacked against him and he would surrender to Duke Louis at 1745h on October 16,1842 the battle of Calatayud was over. The survivors would link up with the Grenadians at Madrid and prepare to defend the city.
Battle of Benicarló October 16-18, 1842
The Battle of Benicarlo was a true meeting engagement unlike Cayatayud in which the French staged a meeting engagement to lure the Spanish into a trap. No on October 16,1842 the French ran into the vanguard of the Spanish./Italian army. Just northeast of the town of Benicarlo . The battle would begin at 1500h on October 16,1842 when the Cavalry arms of each army met and quickly escalated as Infantry and artillery arrived on the field; however as the day was late no truly heavy fighting took place. October 17th would see fighting pick up at 0800h when the Aragonese attacked with their left flank the same time the Spanish attacked with their Right, the result was fur ball as the two armies were soon intertwined. Marius would try and sucker punch the Aragonese with an attack on their Right flank late in the day and at first it looked like he might break their flank but Griñó rushed a reserver Brigade to shore up his flank and was able to stabilize the flank before it collapsed. The day ended with the Aragonese Right flank having given up several hundred yards of ground to the Spanish and the other Flank still mixed up with no clear lines. October 18th would begin with Marius renewing his attack on the Aragonese right flank while on the other side General Griñó chose to attack the Spanish center while the inter twined units on the Aragonese left flank continued to fight in a confused mess. The center of the Spanish line was actually held by the Italian units and when the Aragonese infantry attacked the center they were repulsed hard by the Italians who wasted no time in counter attacking. The combination of the continuing assault on their right and the counterattack on the center was too much for the Aragonese soldiers many of whom were conscripts (3) broke and ran as the center collapsed the right flank also discentagraged Marius and his army was would go on to capture almost 15,000 men prisoner.. The Army of Aragon would never be the same General Griñó would rally what men he could on the eastern bank of the Ebro river out of the 100,000+ men he started the battle of Benicario with he would manage to rally just 55,000+ men. He would deploy his army in defensive positions for a follow up attack that would never come. For the Spanish and Italians their victory celebrations were cut short as on the night of October 18,1842 world reached Marius of the destruction of much of the Spanish Eastern Army. On the Morning of October 19th after seeing to the wounded from both sides he would leave a rear guard and start marching back to Valencia.
The Battle of Madrid October 20,1842
Duke Louis and General Lafayette wasted no time in pressing their attack on Madrid. Their vanguard would arrive at the defenses east of the city in the early hours on October 20,1842. Opposed to them were the Grenadian 2nd Corps and about four divisions worth of Infantry from the Spanish Eastern Army who had escaped the battle of Calatayud all totaled just under 100,000 men however morale among the Spanish was low. The battle of Madrid would begin at 1030h when the French had deployed their 170,000 Infantry and supporting artillery. The Grenadians and Spanish would put up a decent fight but by dusk the weight of numbers was showing and by dusk they had been forced from the field as the sun set Duke Louis entered Madrid and made his headquarters in the old Royal Palace.
The war of Spanish Succession began with the assassination of the King of Spain and his Daughter the Princess of Austria; and the choice over who would follow King Francisco I as the next King of Spain. However for the majority of the first year of the war no battles took place there. There were several reasons for this. First Spain and Granada were caught off guard by the onset of the war and were scrambling to secure as much of the strategic positions on the border as possible before the feared French invasion began. Second France and its client state the Protectorate of Aragon was caught off guard by the war and was itself scrambling to mobilize along the Iberian Frontier as well as having to deal with the Collapse of the Kingdom of Sardinia in the Early months of the war. Third Louis XVII and the French Government firmly denied the accusations that they had killed the Francisco of Spain who was among other thing a distant cousin of Louis XVII.
However, by the Fall of 1842 everyone was as ready as they were going to get Spain had assembled 200,000 infantry; 20,000 Cavalry; 30 Batteries of field guns and 10 batteries of horse artillery in addition to the garrisons manning the various defensive forts throughout the kingdom(1). The Spanish Army was divided up into two armies each army consisted of 95,000 Infantry 9,000 Cavalry, 15 batteries of field guns and 5 batteries of horse guns. The two armies were named the Western Army commanded by Teniente General Alphonse de Tyrrell. The Eastern Army was commanded by Teniente general Juan Carlos Rodriguez. King Marius with the Rank of Captain General(3) commanded a third force based in Valencia This force was made up of the Royal Guards Corps 25,000 infantry 5,000 cavalry, 3 batteries of field guns and 1 battery of horse guns as well as the Italian Army of Iberia which had 50,000 Infantry, 5,000 cavalry, 4 batteries of field guns, and 2 batteries of horse artillery. In addition to these armies a reserve division was kept in Valencia.
Granadans had mobilized an army of 150,000 infantry, 9,000 Cavalry, 18 batteries of field guns and 6 batteries of horse guns. They chose to divide their army up into 3 corps of 50,000 infantry, 3,000 cavalry, 6 batteries of field guns and 2 batteries of horse guns.
Across the board Duke Louis Charles Lord Protector of Arragon had the Army of Arragon 100,000 infantry, 15,000 cavalry, 8 batteries of field guns and 5 batteries of horse guns. In addition to his French Army of Protection which was comprised of 280,000 infantry, 30,000 cavalry, 20 batteries of field guns and 10 batteries of horse guns after being reinforced from France during the summer. He had divided his army up into two area armies. The Central Iberian Army having 180,000 infantry, 20,000 cavalry, 11 batteries of field guns and 5 batteries of horse guns. While the Northern Iberian Army had 100,000 Infantry, 12,000 Cavalry, 9 batteries of field guns and 5 batteries of horse guns. The Northern Iberian Army commanded by Lieutenant General Francos O'Reilly based out of Burgos and the Central Iberian Army based out of Zaragoza whose de jure commander was Lieutenant General Henri Gilbert Marquis de Lafayette(2), however Duke Louis was its de facto commander. To the south he placed the Army of Arragon commanded by Lieutenant General Ramon Cabrera y Griñó, 1st Duke of Maestrazgo,1st Count of Morella, 1st Marquis of Ter, and was based out of Tarragon on the Mediterranean coast.
The of Fall of 1842 would see a series of five major battles between Spanish and Grenadian forces and the French and Aragon forces. On October 12,1842 King Marius would lead the his Guards Army (75.000inf/11,000cav/7fg/3hg) east along the Mediterranean coast, while Teniente general Juan Carlos Rodriguez would lead the Eastern Army east toward the Aragonese Capital Zaragoza. The Granada's 1st corps would move into the positions protecting Valencia that the Guards Army vacated and the Granadan 2nd Corps would occupy the Eastern Army’s position. While the Western Army would hold its positions in the Mountains North of Madrid.
The Battle of Calatayud October 15-16,1842
The Battle of Calatayud or the Dasiter at Calatayud as it is also known to the Spanish Army would begin in the early morning hours of October 15th when the Spanish vanguard ran into a Brigade of French Cavalry just north of town. The French Cavalry dismounted and fought a delaying action until reinforcements could arrive. By the 1000 hour a full division of French cavalry and their supporting horse artillery faced off against a mix of Spanish cavalry and Infantry. The French Cavalry would be able to delay the Spanish advance long enough for Duke Louis and de Lafayette to bring a third of their Army on to the battlefield occupying the hills east of the town. Louis and Lafayette then began to bait Rodriguez to commit his whole army to the battle, which my dusk on the 15th he had save for a cavalry screen to his north and a division of 15,000 men that was half a days march west of the rest of the army. during the night Lafayette would ride hard to the rest of the army camped about fifteen miles east of town. Then next day battle would resume and during the morning things were looking good for the Spanish they appeared to have caught only a part of the French Army here and they were steadily pushing the French back. Then at 1300 hours everything changed. Rodriguez started getting panicked reports from his screening cavalry that large numbers of french troops were descending on both his right and left flanks. Realizing his mistake Rodriguez ordered his division that had just come on the field to reinforce his right flank and began redeploying his line to meet the new threat to his left. He did everything humanly possible to counter the new threats but he didn't have enough. At 1400 hours the French slammed into the Spanish flanks. The Spanish fought with the desperation of condemned men but by 1515h it was clear the flanks were gonna go. So Rodriguez began to withdraw his center though a series of fighting retreats. And he managed to get about 45,000 of his infantry out before his flanks broke and his retreat became a rout. Rodriguez would rally what men he could and attempt to break out at 1600h but the odds were too stacked against him and he would surrender to Duke Louis at 1745h on October 16,1842 the battle of Calatayud was over. The survivors would link up with the Grenadians at Madrid and prepare to defend the city.
Battle of Benicarló October 16-18, 1842
The Battle of Benicarlo was a true meeting engagement unlike Cayatayud in which the French staged a meeting engagement to lure the Spanish into a trap. No on October 16,1842 the French ran into the vanguard of the Spanish./Italian army. Just northeast of the town of Benicarlo . The battle would begin at 1500h on October 16,1842 when the Cavalry arms of each army met and quickly escalated as Infantry and artillery arrived on the field; however as the day was late no truly heavy fighting took place. October 17th would see fighting pick up at 0800h when the Aragonese attacked with their left flank the same time the Spanish attacked with their Right, the result was fur ball as the two armies were soon intertwined. Marius would try and sucker punch the Aragonese with an attack on their Right flank late in the day and at first it looked like he might break their flank but Griñó rushed a reserver Brigade to shore up his flank and was able to stabilize the flank before it collapsed. The day ended with the Aragonese Right flank having given up several hundred yards of ground to the Spanish and the other Flank still mixed up with no clear lines. October 18th would begin with Marius renewing his attack on the Aragonese right flank while on the other side General Griñó chose to attack the Spanish center while the inter twined units on the Aragonese left flank continued to fight in a confused mess. The center of the Spanish line was actually held by the Italian units and when the Aragonese infantry attacked the center they were repulsed hard by the Italians who wasted no time in counter attacking. The combination of the continuing assault on their right and the counterattack on the center was too much for the Aragonese soldiers many of whom were conscripts (3) broke and ran as the center collapsed the right flank also discentagraged Marius and his army was would go on to capture almost 15,000 men prisoner.. The Army of Aragon would never be the same General Griñó would rally what men he could on the eastern bank of the Ebro river out of the 100,000+ men he started the battle of Benicario with he would manage to rally just 55,000+ men. He would deploy his army in defensive positions for a follow up attack that would never come. For the Spanish and Italians their victory celebrations were cut short as on the night of October 18,1842 world reached Marius of the destruction of much of the Spanish Eastern Army. On the Morning of October 19th after seeing to the wounded from both sides he would leave a rear guard and start marching back to Valencia.
The Battle of Madrid October 20,1842
Duke Louis and General Lafayette wasted no time in pressing their attack on Madrid. Their vanguard would arrive at the defenses east of the city in the early hours on October 20,1842. Opposed to them were the Grenadian 2nd Corps and about four divisions worth of Infantry from the Spanish Eastern Army who had escaped the battle of Calatayud all totaled just under 100,000 men however morale among the Spanish was low. The battle of Madrid would begin at 1030h when the French had deployed their 170,000 Infantry and supporting artillery. The Grenadians and Spanish would put up a decent fight but by dusk the weight of numbers was showing and by dusk they had been forced from the field as the sun set Duke Louis entered Madrid and made his headquarters in the old Royal Palace.
- This is just about all that Spain can field post Union of Iberian Christian Republics
- The eldest son of Georges Washington Louis Gilbert de LaFayette born 1805.
- Most of the Population has little love for the French and many of the men serve in the Army of Aragon solely to prevent anything bad happening to their families.
So I've started going back and editing the early chapters of this tl. I'm not making major story changes. Mainly spell and grammar and format checking plus making sure all the chronology fits together. I'm still writing new chapters too. My question is should I just make edits or end this thread and make a 2.0 thread. I'm looking for thoughts and opinions guys.
I think you should just make the edits. No sense in making a 2.0 just to fix some grammatical errors.
The Bloody Decade: The War of Spanish Succession: A Bloody Road to Valencia
A Bloody Road to Valencia
The Battle of Toledo.
With the fall of Madrid the Spanish Western Army was now cut off from their line of supply. Marshalling his men General Tyrrell would undertake a forced march from their fortifications at San Rafael west to Avila from there he would march southwest to Plasencia. From there they would march east to Toledo. The fact that they were able to march for three days avoiding French patrols was seen as a merical The Western Army would arrive at Toledo on October 24, 1842 form there Tyrrell planned to march south to link up with king Marius and the rest of the army, however it was at Toledo that his luck ran out. Toledo was garrisoned by 15,000 French Forgien Legionnaires, supported by two batteries of horse guns. With the French blocking his line of escape General Tyrrell ordered his tired army into battle formation, while the French sent out runners with messages for help to Duke Louis and General Lafayette. However, the Spanish attack on Toledo was a feint as Tyrrell only deployed two divisions in front of the town and while those two divisions demonstrated in front of the French and firmly fixed their attention on the demonstration,the rest of the army slipped around Toledo to the southeast by the time dusk set in the Spanish army was safely south of the town encamped on the high ground south of the Village of Manzaneque.
Word of the Western Army's escape would reach Marius on October 26th as he marched north with his Guards army and the Genedian Corps from Madrid. He would link up with the Western Army and take up defensive positions on the southern back of the Jucar River Marius would make his headquarters in the Medieval Castle that overlooked the town of Alarcon were had his Royal Guards Army deployed. While the Western Army would deploy 12 miles to the south at El Picazo. The Granadan Third corps would be spread out between the two armies guarding the random fords or small bridges across the river.
Duke Louis and General Lafyette had been shocked that the spanish army north of Madrid had managed to escape, however took it as a good thing when their scouts reported back to them that Mariua had come out of Valencia to fight. The two men got their army mustered and would be marching at first light. They left only a single division to garrison Madrid. As they marched south and the French cavalry began to get an idea of how the Spanish were deployed The two French commanders came up with a plan. Louis would take a force of 75,000 men and 5 batteries and occupy the Spanish at Alarcon while Lafayette took the bulk of the army and attacked El Picazo while the bulk of their cavalry probed the scattered forces in between the two main positions.
The Battle of the Jucar
The battle of the Jucar began on November 3,1842 when Louis's Army began to cross the River at Alarcon. The town is located on a promontory within a closed bend of the Júcar River. The spanish had entrenched amongst the old medieval fortifications King Marius had 70,000 infantry, supported by 6 batteries of field guns and 3 batteries of the lighter horse guns as well as 1,300 cavalry. His army was made up of a mix of the Royal Guards, the Italian Army of Iberia and survivors of the Battle of Madrid.
As he ordered his infantry across the river Louis knew that his men were going to pay a huge butcher's bill attacking the Spanish positions here but he had to give Lafayette Time to break through further west.
At El Picazo Lafayette's men easily crossed the Jucar which was both shallow and narrow here. His men out numbered the Spanish almost two to one. However general Tyrrell proved once more that he was as sly as a fox and was able to use local militia and some Granadans that had been attached to his command to create a flying reserve to plug any breaks in the line. The two Spanish commanders were able to drag the battle out for three days; yet on the evening of November 6th a French sharpshooter would take a shot at a well dressed if ragged looking general riding along the line. The shot would hit King Marius on his right kneecap. Marius would howl in pain and fall from his horse which also wounded would trample him in its fright. His Aid Colonel Fernando Gomez would get the king up and with the aid of some of the infantry get him to a field hospital. The men in the line learning of the king being hit raked the area that the shot came from the French sharpshooter never stood a chance. Marius would lose his right leg at the knee from the bullet and his left arm above the elbow from the horse trampling him. Once it was clear the surgery wouldn't kill him he was loaded in a buggy and sent back to Albacete where he would be put on a train heading back to Valencia.
The battle would resume at dawn on November 7th. But down at El Picazo General Tyrrell had run out of tricks by 1500 it was clear his lines weren't going to hold much longer he sent word to General Hernando that the he was going to have to withdraw. The lines would hold till dark, and under the cover of a moonless sky the spanish abandoned their positions. The Guards Army would fall back to Minglanilla while the Western Army fell back to Villamalea. The French would remain till November 9th seeing to the wounded and the dead before pressing onward.
The Bloody Road
Between November 12th and December 25th a series of battles would be fought; Minglanilla on November 12th-15th, Villamalea on November 14th, Requena on November 20th, Cofrentes on the November 23d-25th, Bunol on December 5th-9th, and Dos Aguas on December 18th-24th. Following the last two battles the Spanish were forced back in to Valencia. On Christmas day the siege of Valencia would begin.
The Road to Valencia had been a bloody one all totled the French lost 30,000 men killed in the campaign with another 50,000 wounded the Spanish would lose 15000 men killed with 24000 wounded and 12000 captured as well as king Marius being wounded losing an Arm and a leg. Louis Duke of Normandy Lord Protector of Arragon would write to his brother King Louis XVII of France "Never in the history of Warfare in Europe has a foe fought as hard as the Spanish have against us during this campaign. We are now at the gates of Valencia but the road we traveled to get here has been paved with corpses".
The Battle of Toledo.
With the fall of Madrid the Spanish Western Army was now cut off from their line of supply. Marshalling his men General Tyrrell would undertake a forced march from their fortifications at San Rafael west to Avila from there he would march southwest to Plasencia. From there they would march east to Toledo. The fact that they were able to march for three days avoiding French patrols was seen as a merical The Western Army would arrive at Toledo on October 24, 1842 form there Tyrrell planned to march south to link up with king Marius and the rest of the army, however it was at Toledo that his luck ran out. Toledo was garrisoned by 15,000 French Forgien Legionnaires, supported by two batteries of horse guns. With the French blocking his line of escape General Tyrrell ordered his tired army into battle formation, while the French sent out runners with messages for help to Duke Louis and General Lafayette. However, the Spanish attack on Toledo was a feint as Tyrrell only deployed two divisions in front of the town and while those two divisions demonstrated in front of the French and firmly fixed their attention on the demonstration,the rest of the army slipped around Toledo to the southeast by the time dusk set in the Spanish army was safely south of the town encamped on the high ground south of the Village of Manzaneque.
Word of the Western Army's escape would reach Marius on October 26th as he marched north with his Guards army and the Genedian Corps from Madrid. He would link up with the Western Army and take up defensive positions on the southern back of the Jucar River Marius would make his headquarters in the Medieval Castle that overlooked the town of Alarcon were had his Royal Guards Army deployed. While the Western Army would deploy 12 miles to the south at El Picazo. The Granadan Third corps would be spread out between the two armies guarding the random fords or small bridges across the river.
Duke Louis and General Lafyette had been shocked that the spanish army north of Madrid had managed to escape, however took it as a good thing when their scouts reported back to them that Mariua had come out of Valencia to fight. The two men got their army mustered and would be marching at first light. They left only a single division to garrison Madrid. As they marched south and the French cavalry began to get an idea of how the Spanish were deployed The two French commanders came up with a plan. Louis would take a force of 75,000 men and 5 batteries and occupy the Spanish at Alarcon while Lafayette took the bulk of the army and attacked El Picazo while the bulk of their cavalry probed the scattered forces in between the two main positions.
The Battle of the Jucar
The battle of the Jucar began on November 3,1842 when Louis's Army began to cross the River at Alarcon. The town is located on a promontory within a closed bend of the Júcar River. The spanish had entrenched amongst the old medieval fortifications King Marius had 70,000 infantry, supported by 6 batteries of field guns and 3 batteries of the lighter horse guns as well as 1,300 cavalry. His army was made up of a mix of the Royal Guards, the Italian Army of Iberia and survivors of the Battle of Madrid.
As he ordered his infantry across the river Louis knew that his men were going to pay a huge butcher's bill attacking the Spanish positions here but he had to give Lafayette Time to break through further west.
At El Picazo Lafayette's men easily crossed the Jucar which was both shallow and narrow here. His men out numbered the Spanish almost two to one. However general Tyrrell proved once more that he was as sly as a fox and was able to use local militia and some Granadans that had been attached to his command to create a flying reserve to plug any breaks in the line. The two Spanish commanders were able to drag the battle out for three days; yet on the evening of November 6th a French sharpshooter would take a shot at a well dressed if ragged looking general riding along the line. The shot would hit King Marius on his right kneecap. Marius would howl in pain and fall from his horse which also wounded would trample him in its fright. His Aid Colonel Fernando Gomez would get the king up and with the aid of some of the infantry get him to a field hospital. The men in the line learning of the king being hit raked the area that the shot came from the French sharpshooter never stood a chance. Marius would lose his right leg at the knee from the bullet and his left arm above the elbow from the horse trampling him. Once it was clear the surgery wouldn't kill him he was loaded in a buggy and sent back to Albacete where he would be put on a train heading back to Valencia.
The battle would resume at dawn on November 7th. But down at El Picazo General Tyrrell had run out of tricks by 1500 it was clear his lines weren't going to hold much longer he sent word to General Hernando that the he was going to have to withdraw. The lines would hold till dark, and under the cover of a moonless sky the spanish abandoned their positions. The Guards Army would fall back to Minglanilla while the Western Army fell back to Villamalea. The French would remain till November 9th seeing to the wounded and the dead before pressing onward.
The Bloody Road
Between November 12th and December 25th a series of battles would be fought; Minglanilla on November 12th-15th, Villamalea on November 14th, Requena on November 20th, Cofrentes on the November 23d-25th, Bunol on December 5th-9th, and Dos Aguas on December 18th-24th. Following the last two battles the Spanish were forced back in to Valencia. On Christmas day the siege of Valencia would begin.
The Road to Valencia had been a bloody one all totled the French lost 30,000 men killed in the campaign with another 50,000 wounded the Spanish would lose 15000 men killed with 24000 wounded and 12000 captured as well as king Marius being wounded losing an Arm and a leg. Louis Duke of Normandy Lord Protector of Arragon would write to his brother King Louis XVII of France "Never in the history of Warfare in Europe has a foe fought as hard as the Spanish have against us during this campaign. We are now at the gates of Valencia but the road we traveled to get here has been paved with corpses".
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They are giving more pain than they are taking but the population balance is not in their favor. The hope was that Napoleon II could reinforce them but the Piedmont campaign is dragging on longer than expected Spain just doesn't have the man power to go toe to toe with France who holds Belgium the west bank of the Rhine, still has a growing population, and controls more than half of the old kingdom of Spain. Dont worry the Spanish are motivated and Valencia is well provisioned the siege will be a long one and 1843 will see the Lion Roar as Britain comes off the side line.
The Bloody Decade: War of Spanish Succession: Italy and Algeria fall 1842
Italy in the Fall: The Battle of Savigliano, and the Algerian Campaign
By October of 1842 Marshall Sacco and his Army of Northern Italy was ready to push south once more. The Army of Northern Italy had been reinforced back to its strength at the start of the Turin Campaign and then some with 190,000 Infantry, 10,000 Cavalry and 25 Batteries of field guns and 10 batteries of Horse guns. The Army of northern Italy would leave Turin heading south at dawn on October 10th once again Sacco split his army up into two columns for the march with himself leading the western column and Sacco leading the Eastern Column while he placed Major General Lombardi in command of the Eastern Column.
Major General Léonard Roux and his 6th Army had mustered at Marseilles, it was now 250,000 men strong 240,000 were infantry, 10,000 were cavalry. It was supported by 56 batteries of field guns and 10 batteries of horse guns. When Roux learned that the Italian Army was on the March on October 12th. He would leave three divisions a brigade of Cavalry and 5 batteries of Artillery at Cuneo he would then march north with 210,000 Infantry, 7,000 Cavalry, 52 batteries of field guns and 8 batteries of horse guns. His departure did not go unnoticed as the Itlanians had plenty of spies in the Piedmont. Word would go racing a head that the French Army was on the march.
The two armies would meet at the town of Savigliano. The Italians arrived a day ahead of the French and had the advantage of scouting the ground and picking the best spot for a defence. Not that there was much as the town was in the middle of a flat plain. They would deploy along a three mile line of battle south of the town running east two west. The French Army would arrive at 0930h on October 14th it would take the french the better part of the morning before they could bring a good sized portion of their army into the fight. Over the course of the next four days the two armies would fight a traditional open field battle with neither side managing to get an advantage despite the French having more men. Finally on October 18, 1842 with both armies exhausted and the after the fourth day of battle both armies would disengage on the night of the the 18th. As expected a four day battle left a high butcher's bill The Italians had lost 6,000 men killed and another 12,000 men wounded. The French would lose 8,000 men killed and 13,500 men wounded. The battle over all was a draw with both armies basically just getting tired of fighting and giving up. For the Italians Sacco and Lombardi realized that they couldn’t overcome the French manpower advantage; and on the French side Roux became worried that an Italian column was moving to cut him off from his supply depot at Cuneo, and viewed the current battle as to obvious and thusly bait for a trap chose to protect his supply line and not repeat the Sardinian mistakes. Following the battle of Savigliano both sides would enter winter quarters and start planning for the upcoming spring campaigns.
The Algerian Campaign
By the end of October it was clear that things were taking a bad turn for the Spanish in Iberia. So in early November a fleet left Palmero heading for Valencia on board was 50,000 men and 3 batteries of field guns, However, the Imperial Navy no longer had complete control of the Mediterranean sea and when they were intercepted by a powerful French Squadron the Italian fleet had to take shelter in Tunis harbor. It was now that Major General Cristiano Sarracino would have the idea to use the men to mount a campaign to seize French Algeria. On November 15th the now Army of Tunisia would march west from the city of Tunis.
The French forces in Algeria were thin on the ground, France had enough troops on the ground to control the territory and keep its Muslim citizens pacified under the rule of catholic France in total it was about 28,000 men spread out over the territory. Upon learning that the Italians had invaded Général de division (Major General) Jean-Christophe Vannier ordered his forces to concentrate at the city of Algiers except for the 97th Infantry Brigade which was deployed on the eastern frontier. The 97th brigade was ordered to delay the Italian advance as much as possible.
In reality this was not very much at all. The Italians advanced from Tunis to just twenty miles east of the city of Algiers in just fifteen days. However it had been enough when the Italians arrived at Algiers they found 23,000 French soldiers dug in around the city. Major General Sarracino would take his time bring up his full army and artillery. At 1400h on November 31st the Italian artillery would open up a bombardment of the French positions; the bombard would last all day and well into the night. It would resume at 0700h on December 1st, and go on until 1500h when the Italian Infantry attacked the French positions. The battle would rage into the night when dawn broke on December 1st the Italians where in control of the city of Algiers. 10,000 French had been captured; another 3,000 had been killed or wounded. The survivors would rally at the port of Oran. The Italians would lose 3,000 men killed and 6,000 wounded. They would achieve a major objective as France would divert 50,000 men and 10 batteries to Oran to defend and retake Algeria.
By October of 1842 Marshall Sacco and his Army of Northern Italy was ready to push south once more. The Army of Northern Italy had been reinforced back to its strength at the start of the Turin Campaign and then some with 190,000 Infantry, 10,000 Cavalry and 25 Batteries of field guns and 10 batteries of Horse guns. The Army of northern Italy would leave Turin heading south at dawn on October 10th once again Sacco split his army up into two columns for the march with himself leading the western column and Sacco leading the Eastern Column while he placed Major General Lombardi in command of the Eastern Column.
Major General Léonard Roux and his 6th Army had mustered at Marseilles, it was now 250,000 men strong 240,000 were infantry, 10,000 were cavalry. It was supported by 56 batteries of field guns and 10 batteries of horse guns. When Roux learned that the Italian Army was on the March on October 12th. He would leave three divisions a brigade of Cavalry and 5 batteries of Artillery at Cuneo he would then march north with 210,000 Infantry, 7,000 Cavalry, 52 batteries of field guns and 8 batteries of horse guns. His departure did not go unnoticed as the Itlanians had plenty of spies in the Piedmont. Word would go racing a head that the French Army was on the march.
The two armies would meet at the town of Savigliano. The Italians arrived a day ahead of the French and had the advantage of scouting the ground and picking the best spot for a defence. Not that there was much as the town was in the middle of a flat plain. They would deploy along a three mile line of battle south of the town running east two west. The French Army would arrive at 0930h on October 14th it would take the french the better part of the morning before they could bring a good sized portion of their army into the fight. Over the course of the next four days the two armies would fight a traditional open field battle with neither side managing to get an advantage despite the French having more men. Finally on October 18, 1842 with both armies exhausted and the after the fourth day of battle both armies would disengage on the night of the the 18th. As expected a four day battle left a high butcher's bill The Italians had lost 6,000 men killed and another 12,000 men wounded. The French would lose 8,000 men killed and 13,500 men wounded. The battle over all was a draw with both armies basically just getting tired of fighting and giving up. For the Italians Sacco and Lombardi realized that they couldn’t overcome the French manpower advantage; and on the French side Roux became worried that an Italian column was moving to cut him off from his supply depot at Cuneo, and viewed the current battle as to obvious and thusly bait for a trap chose to protect his supply line and not repeat the Sardinian mistakes. Following the battle of Savigliano both sides would enter winter quarters and start planning for the upcoming spring campaigns.
The Algerian Campaign
By the end of October it was clear that things were taking a bad turn for the Spanish in Iberia. So in early November a fleet left Palmero heading for Valencia on board was 50,000 men and 3 batteries of field guns, However, the Imperial Navy no longer had complete control of the Mediterranean sea and when they were intercepted by a powerful French Squadron the Italian fleet had to take shelter in Tunis harbor. It was now that Major General Cristiano Sarracino would have the idea to use the men to mount a campaign to seize French Algeria. On November 15th the now Army of Tunisia would march west from the city of Tunis.
The French forces in Algeria were thin on the ground, France had enough troops on the ground to control the territory and keep its Muslim citizens pacified under the rule of catholic France in total it was about 28,000 men spread out over the territory. Upon learning that the Italians had invaded Général de division (Major General) Jean-Christophe Vannier ordered his forces to concentrate at the city of Algiers except for the 97th Infantry Brigade which was deployed on the eastern frontier. The 97th brigade was ordered to delay the Italian advance as much as possible.
In reality this was not very much at all. The Italians advanced from Tunis to just twenty miles east of the city of Algiers in just fifteen days. However it had been enough when the Italians arrived at Algiers they found 23,000 French soldiers dug in around the city. Major General Sarracino would take his time bring up his full army and artillery. At 1400h on November 31st the Italian artillery would open up a bombardment of the French positions; the bombard would last all day and well into the night. It would resume at 0700h on December 1st, and go on until 1500h when the Italian Infantry attacked the French positions. The battle would rage into the night when dawn broke on December 1st the Italians where in control of the city of Algiers. 10,000 French had been captured; another 3,000 had been killed or wounded. The survivors would rally at the port of Oran. The Italians would lose 3,000 men killed and 6,000 wounded. They would achieve a major objective as France would divert 50,000 men and 10 batteries to Oran to defend and retake Algeria.
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The Bloody Decade: Second War of Spanish Succession: Winter of 1842-43
St. James Palace England
The events of the fall campaign in Spain had caused a lot of concern amongst the British Government. No one from King Richard IV to the lowest back seater in the house of commons wanted to see France control all of Spain anymore than they did when France and Italy conquered the Union of Iberian Christian Republics. However they were not quite ready to join the war although on December 31, 1842 King Richard IV would instruct his brother Henry the Duke of Mann head of the Imperial General Staff to bring the Navy to a wartime readiness and start reactivating the ships that had been placed in storage, as well to recruit an Army of 500,000 men; this was supported by Prime Minister Christian Bailey and the Tory government. At the same time it was decided to make one last chance to broker a piece on the continent.
The foreign office sent word to the British ambassador in Paris to offer the French a compromise treaty. The French were to pull their forces out of Spain and drop all claims to the Spanish throne in exchange the Spanish would drop all charges made against King Louis XVII of France regarding the assassination of King Francisco I and his daughter; and would pay France 1 million gold pounds in reparations. On the Italian Front France was to recognize the Italian conquest and annexation of the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Island of Corsica however the Italians would pay the French 1 million gold pounds for the Island. On the mainland the Border between France and Italy would be at the eastern edge of the Alps, and Italy would return all territory in Algeria to France. The Ambassador to France Lord John Squire would present the treaty to King Louis XVII and his council on January 27,1843.
In Paris the British treaty caught Louis XVII and his government by surprise. The treaty was good enough from where France stood and before the fall campaigns they agreed that they would have jumped to agree to them. But now things were different. France was on the verge of a complete victory in Spain and Italy could be dealt with soon after. After much debate decided to reject the treaty however as all involved knew that this would mean war with the British Empire they chose to hold their answer until the deadline of February 27, 1843; in the meantime they would ready the fleet for war with Britain.
The Reply to the peace attempt would arrive on March 1, 1843. With the rejection of the peace treaty offer came a letter in it Louis stated that France would no longer protest her innocence. While Louis still proclaimed that he didn’t order the assassination but if France was to be cast as the villain in the international drama then the villain she would play, and Louis XVII king of France announced to the British that a state of war now existed between the two kingdoms. The letter ended with this line “One hundred and Forty-one years ago England and France fought over who would sit on the Spanish throne now it appears we must do so again.” Britain would return the declaration of war on March 2, 1843. Ten days later the Prussian Empire would declare war on the Kingdom of France. By March 29, 1843 both Britain and Prussia had Armies on the route to Spain for the upcoming Spring campaign season.
Interlude: The Jefferson Family
Thomas Jefferson(April 13, 1743 -September 4, 1797) and Martha Skelton Jefferson (October 19 or 30, 1748 – November 16, 1783*)
Martha "Patsy" Jefferson[2] (September 27, 1772 – October 10, 1836)
Jane Randolph Jefferson (April 3, 1774 – September 1775)
unnamed son (May 28 – June 14, 1777), lived for 17 days
Mary "Maria or Polly" Jefferson[2] (August 1, 1778 – April 17, 1804)
Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson (November 3, 1780 – April 15, 1781/April 15, 1782)
Thomas Peter Jefferson (October 12,1783-November 11,1850)
Thomas Peter Jefferson was the sole surviving son of Thomas Jefferson at the age of fourteen he would inherit his father’s estate following the death of Thomas Jefferson on the CWS Dogwood on September 4, 1797. As his father’s will states Thomas Peter would grant Sally Hemmings** and her son Benedict Hemmings there freedom as well as a 5 acre plot of land in Bedford county cut off of Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest Plantation
Thomas Peter Jefferson would follow in his father’s footsteps for a little while; serving as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for six years between 1812 to 1822 after which he would leave political life and retire to Monticello. In 1832 he would help found and be the CEO of the Alexandria Lynchburg and Danville Railroad who’s main offices were located in Charlottesville, Va. An avid lover of the Railroad he would remain in control of the Railroad until his death on November 11,1850 at the age of sixty seven years old.
Thomas Peter Jefferson would marry Ashley Alexander the daughter of a professor of history at the University of Virginia on May 1,1801. Dubbed the Bell of Charlottesville Ashley Alexander Jefferson was a true beauty, and was also being incredibly intelligent it was no surprise that the only son of the late Thomas Jefferson would have found himself married to such a woman. Thomas Peter and Ashley Jefferson would have six children two of which would die before reaching adulthood. These children were Thomas Jefferson III Born November 12, 1802, Annabel Jefferson born May 17, 1804, Elizabeth Jefferson born July 4,1805- died July 8,1805, Richard Jefferson Born August 12,1807, Henry Jefferson Born January 11,1809, and Robert Jefferson born October 3,1811-died November 17,1811.
The Bell of Charlottesville Ashley Alexander Jefferson wife of Thomas Peter Jefferson
Randolph Jefferson and Anna Jefferson Lewis Jefferson would have the same children as they did in OTL: Anna Scott Jefferson (born ~1782- died October 5-1830), Thomas Jefferson Jr (born ~1782), Robert Lewis Jefferson (Born March 8, 1786, Peter Field Jefferson (Born May 7, 1789), Isham Randolph Jefferson (Born August 2, 1791), James Lilburne Jefferson (born July 7, 1795), John Randolph Jefferson (Born July 12, 1800).
Randolph Jefferson would pass away from a snake bite on October 17,1800; and Anna Jefferson Lewis Jefferson lives until August 18,1815. His estate is given to his eldest Son Isham Randolph Jefferson, while Thomas Peter Jefferson gifts his cousin Thomas Jefferson Jr the plantation at Poplar Forest in Bedford Virginia. Robert Lewis Jefferson would rebuild the old Jefferson family estate at Shadwell. Little is known of Field Jefferson's life after he left Virginia to explore the Jungle of the Congo River basin in May of 1820. Isham Jefferson would graduate from the Virginia Military Institute in 1807 and would eventually rise to the rank of Major General on the Vermont Front in the Anglo -American War of 1844. James Jefferson would marry Charlotte Evergrest of Danville, Va and have eight children. While John Randolph Jefferson would Marry Elizabeth Henry and would have just three children . Both James and John would also both serve in the various wars of the 1840s. James Jefferson would command a Division on Mexican Front, while John Randolph Jefferson would command the Defenses of Norfolk Harbor.
Anna Scott Jefferson would marry Henry Lee IV on May 1, 1803, together they would have six children only one of which would die before reaching adulthood. Henry Lee V (Born March 7, 1804), Savanna Elizabeth Lee (Born May 12, 1805), Rebecca Anna Lee (Born October 12,1807) Author Edward Lee (Born June 12,1809- died May 18,1811), Charles Albert Lee (Born November 11, 1811) and Laura Lynn Lee (Born September 12,1815). Sadly Anna would fall ill with Smallpox in 1830 and die later that year.
Martha "Patsy" Jefferson[2] (September 27, 1772 – October 10, 1836)
Jane Randolph Jefferson (April 3, 1774 – September 1775)
unnamed son (May 28 – June 14, 1777), lived for 17 days
Mary "Maria or Polly" Jefferson[2] (August 1, 1778 – April 17, 1804)
Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson (November 3, 1780 – April 15, 1781/April 15, 1782)
Thomas Peter Jefferson (October 12,1783-November 11,1850)
Thomas Peter Jefferson was the sole surviving son of Thomas Jefferson at the age of fourteen he would inherit his father’s estate following the death of Thomas Jefferson on the CWS Dogwood on September 4, 1797. As his father’s will states Thomas Peter would grant Sally Hemmings** and her son Benedict Hemmings there freedom as well as a 5 acre plot of land in Bedford county cut off of Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest Plantation
Thomas Peter Jefferson would follow in his father’s footsteps for a little while; serving as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for six years between 1812 to 1822 after which he would leave political life and retire to Monticello. In 1832 he would help found and be the CEO of the Alexandria Lynchburg and Danville Railroad who’s main offices were located in Charlottesville, Va. An avid lover of the Railroad he would remain in control of the Railroad until his death on November 11,1850 at the age of sixty seven years old.
Thomas Peter Jefferson would marry Ashley Alexander the daughter of a professor of history at the University of Virginia on May 1,1801. Dubbed the Bell of Charlottesville Ashley Alexander Jefferson was a true beauty, and was also being incredibly intelligent it was no surprise that the only son of the late Thomas Jefferson would have found himself married to such a woman. Thomas Peter and Ashley Jefferson would have six children two of which would die before reaching adulthood. These children were Thomas Jefferson III Born November 12, 1802, Annabel Jefferson born May 17, 1804, Elizabeth Jefferson born July 4,1805- died July 8,1805, Richard Jefferson Born August 12,1807, Henry Jefferson Born January 11,1809, and Robert Jefferson born October 3,1811-died November 17,1811.
The Bell of Charlottesville Ashley Alexander Jefferson wife of Thomas Peter Jefferson
Randolph Jefferson and Anna Jefferson Lewis Jefferson would have the same children as they did in OTL: Anna Scott Jefferson (born ~1782- died October 5-1830), Thomas Jefferson Jr (born ~1782), Robert Lewis Jefferson (Born March 8, 1786, Peter Field Jefferson (Born May 7, 1789), Isham Randolph Jefferson (Born August 2, 1791), James Lilburne Jefferson (born July 7, 1795), John Randolph Jefferson (Born July 12, 1800).
Randolph Jefferson would pass away from a snake bite on October 17,1800; and Anna Jefferson Lewis Jefferson lives until August 18,1815. His estate is given to his eldest Son Isham Randolph Jefferson, while Thomas Peter Jefferson gifts his cousin Thomas Jefferson Jr the plantation at Poplar Forest in Bedford Virginia. Robert Lewis Jefferson would rebuild the old Jefferson family estate at Shadwell. Little is known of Field Jefferson's life after he left Virginia to explore the Jungle of the Congo River basin in May of 1820. Isham Jefferson would graduate from the Virginia Military Institute in 1807 and would eventually rise to the rank of Major General on the Vermont Front in the Anglo -American War of 1844. James Jefferson would marry Charlotte Evergrest of Danville, Va and have eight children. While John Randolph Jefferson would Marry Elizabeth Henry and would have just three children . Both James and John would also both serve in the various wars of the 1840s. James Jefferson would command a Division on Mexican Front, while John Randolph Jefferson would command the Defenses of Norfolk Harbor.
Anna Scott Jefferson would marry Henry Lee IV on May 1, 1803, together they would have six children only one of which would die before reaching adulthood. Henry Lee V (Born March 7, 1804), Savanna Elizabeth Lee (Born May 12, 1805), Rebecca Anna Lee (Born October 12,1807) Author Edward Lee (Born June 12,1809- died May 18,1811), Charles Albert Lee (Born November 11, 1811) and Laura Lynn Lee (Born September 12,1815). Sadly Anna would fall ill with Smallpox in 1830 and die later that year.
- small pod here Martha Jefferson lives one more year and has one more child before dying
- Historically only one child was born to Thomas Jefferson by Sally Hemmings before 1797 a daughter in 1795 who died in 1797, TTL it is a boy who lived to adulthood.
- Jefferson's two daughters Mary Jefferson Eppes and Martha Jefferson Randolph both survive till adulthood and live out their lives pretty much as OTL exception is that Mary Jefferson Eppes lives until 1820, instead of dying in 1804.
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I know its been awhile but I haven't for gotten that more biographical stories were requested. And I needed a break from the war. The Federal Republic of America 1840-1843 is next covers most of Martian Buren's first term and reelection
The Bloody Decade: Federal Republic of America 1840-1843
The Early years of the Van Buren Administration 1840-1843
Van Buren’s cabinet
Secretary of State::Benjamin Bernard Bassett (Fed-Del)
Secretary of War: Thomas G. Garfield (Fed-Ny)
The Secretary of the Treasury Osmand Vedat Tansel (Fed-Ms)
The Secretary of Industry: Ebenezer J. Pettus (American Whig-Pa)
The Consul of the Senate: Richard S. Sherman (Fed-Oh)
The First Term of Martin Van Buren had been a success for the Federalist party; they had managed to almost completely reverse the policies of the previous Baker administration. In doing so they had restored the Federal Industrial Subsidies, bulsering the FRA’s native industrial base. To pay for these a subsidies the Sherman Tariff (named for the Consul of the Senate Richard Sherman of Ohio) was put in place in the fall of 1841 which placed high taxes on good imported from Europe, Canada, and any that might for some reason come from the Crown Republic of New England, the two countries not hit with high import taxes was the Commonwealth of American States and Republic of Vermont as the American Defense Pact that all three nations were part of limited the amount of tariffs that they could place on each other.
On the domestic from the Federalist rolled back the anti immigrant laws that the American Democratic Party had put in place, back in the 1830s. Under the Van Buren Immigration Act Imigration was opened to all people regardless of their place of origin or native religion. The Federal Citizenship Act of 1840 would make every person born on the soil of the Federal Republic of America an FRA citizen regardless of his or her parents citizenship status. Any person immigrating to the Federal Republic of America would be granted residency status, could apply for citizenship at any post office in the Republic, the citizenship application was free of charge. To be granted citizenship all the applicant had to prove was that the either had employment within the FRA, were married to an FRA Citizen, or had had a child born with FRA Citizenship. Men were expected to register with the Federal Military Impresment Service to be added to the role of their local defense militia or and to be willing to serve in the Federal Army or the State Guard if called upon to serve. The Van Buren administration would add the first new seat to the presidential cabinet with the creation of the Ministry of Industrial development and Regulation and making its head the Secretary of Industry part of the cabinet. He would also name the first non federalist to his administration to fill this new position naming Ebenezer J. Pettus one of the owners of the Pettus and Wollard Ironworks in Harrisburg Pa and a member of the Whig party to fill the office.
Van Buren and the Federalist would also increase the Federal Army by passing the Army Act of 1842 done in response to the information about the ongoing wars in South America and Europe and the sheer size of armies involved. The Army Act of 1842 would expand the Federal Army so that each of its four armies would go from 30,000 men to 70,000 men with the needed artillery support. This would more than double the size of the Federal Army but almost no one voted against the massive spending increase, for the first time ever a universal 5% income tax to help fund the military expansion.
Meanwhile the Federal Navy would see even more drastic changes. As of 1840 the Federal Navy possessed 9 ships of the line ranging from 120 to 52 guns all of which were sail powered. It had 28 frigates in the Atlantic ranging from 44 to 30 guns and 12 frigates on the Great lakes all of which were 44 guns. Of these 10 of the Atlantic frigates were steam powered 6 paddlewheeler ranging from 30-34 guns and 4 screw frigates ranging from 34-38 guns. On the Great lakes all were sail powered. Then there were the Sloops which made up the bulk of the fleet the Atlantic fleet had 72 sloops mounting 24 guns each the Great Lakes fleet had 28 sloops mounting 24 guns each. The Federal Navy liked sloops because they could transit the Erie Canal and move between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. Of all of these sloops an impressive number were steam powered 58 of the 72 Sloops in the Atlantic fleet were steampowered 34 were paddlewheeler and 24 were screw. On the Great lakes all 24 were steam powered 14 paddlewheeler and 10 were screw ships.
Yet, the Admiralty had to admit that in the event of another war with Britain and its empire the Federal Navy outside of the Great Lakes would be forced to act as commerce raiders and support for the Commonwealth Navy. So when Fleet Admiral William Upshar assumed the role of Admiral of the Fleet on March 14,1840 he proposed a major shift in thinking for the Federal Navy. Upshar had long advocated for Ironships and as head of the Federal Navy officer of Research development and ship design and construction had driven the Federal navy in the refining of Iron plates to avoid the brittleness problems that ships built of Iron tended to suffer from; in doing so he had made the FRA the second leading nation in Iron (and soon steel) development only behind Britain who of course was number one. Admiral Upshar had in his mind was a fleet that really didn’t need to venture out into the open oceans. In his mind the Federal navy would become a coastal force capable of preventing any future blockade easily. This fleet would be made of Iron ships whose sides were armored against any ball or shell that could be fired against it. To help convince Van Buren and Secretary of War: Thomas G. Garfield, Upshar could point to the FNS Holder and the FNS Ranger to brand new all Iron hulled sloops of war that had just finished construction and were fitting out. But Upshar had another design he wanted to push: it was a sloop with three steam engines and three mast for sails. The ship was armed with 20 guns and the thing that made it special it had, three inch armored plate covering the ship. It had a wide beam and a shallow flat draft. He called the ship Ironsides Class Armored Sloop. Upshaw asked the Senate for a build order for sixteen ships of the Ironsides class ten ships for the Atlantic 3 on lake Erie and 3 on lake Ontario in exchange for canceling the 9 ships of the line In the 1836 naval build. The senate agreed and passed the Naval Bill of 1842, in which the ships of the line were canceled, however the frigates were kept. Of those ships of the line 4 were far enough to be finished within the year it was decided to sell those four once completed. In their place an order for 16 Ironsides class armored Sloops would be placed, 10 with Atlantic coast yards, 3 in yards on Lake Erie and 3 on yards on Lake Ontario. In addition an order would be placed for an order of 4 smaller eight gun ironclads to be built on Lake Champlain.
plans for the FNS Ironsides
With his legislative and policy victory was won, Admiral Upshaw reorganized the Ships in the Federal Navy. His nine Ships of the line and twelve sailing frigates were organized into the Federal Navy Battle Squadron and concentrated at New York Harbor. The sixteen steam powered Frigates and the 58 steam powered sloops of war would be organized in to raiding squadrons consisting of 8 ships each and scattered down the Coast of the FRA some squadrons were even based in the CAS Caribbean states of Cuba and Dominica as well as one squadron based in Falkland, and South Carolina’s East Carolina Colony.
The other parties viewed the Federalist Party’s agenda very differently. The American Whig Party (1) with their pro industry platform favored the repeal of the anti immigrant laws and the tariff but they disagreed with government interference in business and believed that the market would have balanced out if it had been given time. The American Whigs would nominate Alexander Pinkerton of New Jersey one of their most popular state governors to challenge Van Buren in the fall.The American Party (2) has no love for Van Buren and the Federalist, as they have completely undone their legacy under the Baker administration. The American Party would nominate Theodore Greeville the Mayor of Fort McCoy, Ohio as their candidate for the Presidency in the fall. When it came to the various wars going on around the work all three parties agreed that as long as the Federal Republic of America was attacked or their allies attacked by a European enemy the FRA had no business going to war, any time soon.
President Martin Van Buren Federalist of New York
Governor Alexander Pinkerton American Whig of New Jersey
Mayor Theodore Greeville American of Ohio
October 2, 1842 was a bright colorful fall day under a warm autumn sun despite the cool breezes that marked the coming of winter in the not too distant future as the people would go to the poles to elect not just new senators but also to judge weather or not Van Buren had earned a second term as President of the Federal Republic of America. The Votes would be finally all totaled up on December 15,1843 Martin Van Buren had won the election by a landslide; and the Federalist Majority in the Senate remained solid.
1843 election Senate
Totals Federalist 11 seats; American Whig Party 7 seats; American Party 3
Presidential Election
Martin Van Buren(Fed-Ny) 60% of the vote
Alexander Pinkerton(AW-Nj) 38% of the vote
Theodore Greeville(AP-Oh) 2% of the vote
Van Buren’s cabinet
Secretary of State::Benjamin Bernard Bassett (Fed-Del)
Secretary of War: Thomas G. Garfield (Fed-Ny)
The Secretary of the Treasury Osmand Vedat Tansel (Fed-Ms)
The Secretary of Industry: Ebenezer J. Pettus (American Whig-Pa)
The Consul of the Senate: Richard S. Sherman (Fed-Oh)
The First Term of Martin Van Buren had been a success for the Federalist party; they had managed to almost completely reverse the policies of the previous Baker administration. In doing so they had restored the Federal Industrial Subsidies, bulsering the FRA’s native industrial base. To pay for these a subsidies the Sherman Tariff (named for the Consul of the Senate Richard Sherman of Ohio) was put in place in the fall of 1841 which placed high taxes on good imported from Europe, Canada, and any that might for some reason come from the Crown Republic of New England, the two countries not hit with high import taxes was the Commonwealth of American States and Republic of Vermont as the American Defense Pact that all three nations were part of limited the amount of tariffs that they could place on each other.
On the domestic from the Federalist rolled back the anti immigrant laws that the American Democratic Party had put in place, back in the 1830s. Under the Van Buren Immigration Act Imigration was opened to all people regardless of their place of origin or native religion. The Federal Citizenship Act of 1840 would make every person born on the soil of the Federal Republic of America an FRA citizen regardless of his or her parents citizenship status. Any person immigrating to the Federal Republic of America would be granted residency status, could apply for citizenship at any post office in the Republic, the citizenship application was free of charge. To be granted citizenship all the applicant had to prove was that the either had employment within the FRA, were married to an FRA Citizen, or had had a child born with FRA Citizenship. Men were expected to register with the Federal Military Impresment Service to be added to the role of their local defense militia or and to be willing to serve in the Federal Army or the State Guard if called upon to serve. The Van Buren administration would add the first new seat to the presidential cabinet with the creation of the Ministry of Industrial development and Regulation and making its head the Secretary of Industry part of the cabinet. He would also name the first non federalist to his administration to fill this new position naming Ebenezer J. Pettus one of the owners of the Pettus and Wollard Ironworks in Harrisburg Pa and a member of the Whig party to fill the office.
Van Buren and the Federalist would also increase the Federal Army by passing the Army Act of 1842 done in response to the information about the ongoing wars in South America and Europe and the sheer size of armies involved. The Army Act of 1842 would expand the Federal Army so that each of its four armies would go from 30,000 men to 70,000 men with the needed artillery support. This would more than double the size of the Federal Army but almost no one voted against the massive spending increase, for the first time ever a universal 5% income tax to help fund the military expansion.
Meanwhile the Federal Navy would see even more drastic changes. As of 1840 the Federal Navy possessed 9 ships of the line ranging from 120 to 52 guns all of which were sail powered. It had 28 frigates in the Atlantic ranging from 44 to 30 guns and 12 frigates on the Great lakes all of which were 44 guns. Of these 10 of the Atlantic frigates were steam powered 6 paddlewheeler ranging from 30-34 guns and 4 screw frigates ranging from 34-38 guns. On the Great lakes all were sail powered. Then there were the Sloops which made up the bulk of the fleet the Atlantic fleet had 72 sloops mounting 24 guns each the Great Lakes fleet had 28 sloops mounting 24 guns each. The Federal Navy liked sloops because they could transit the Erie Canal and move between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. Of all of these sloops an impressive number were steam powered 58 of the 72 Sloops in the Atlantic fleet were steampowered 34 were paddlewheeler and 24 were screw. On the Great lakes all 24 were steam powered 14 paddlewheeler and 10 were screw ships.
Yet, the Admiralty had to admit that in the event of another war with Britain and its empire the Federal Navy outside of the Great Lakes would be forced to act as commerce raiders and support for the Commonwealth Navy. So when Fleet Admiral William Upshar assumed the role of Admiral of the Fleet on March 14,1840 he proposed a major shift in thinking for the Federal Navy. Upshar had long advocated for Ironships and as head of the Federal Navy officer of Research development and ship design and construction had driven the Federal navy in the refining of Iron plates to avoid the brittleness problems that ships built of Iron tended to suffer from; in doing so he had made the FRA the second leading nation in Iron (and soon steel) development only behind Britain who of course was number one. Admiral Upshar had in his mind was a fleet that really didn’t need to venture out into the open oceans. In his mind the Federal navy would become a coastal force capable of preventing any future blockade easily. This fleet would be made of Iron ships whose sides were armored against any ball or shell that could be fired against it. To help convince Van Buren and Secretary of War: Thomas G. Garfield, Upshar could point to the FNS Holder and the FNS Ranger to brand new all Iron hulled sloops of war that had just finished construction and were fitting out. But Upshar had another design he wanted to push: it was a sloop with three steam engines and three mast for sails. The ship was armed with 20 guns and the thing that made it special it had, three inch armored plate covering the ship. It had a wide beam and a shallow flat draft. He called the ship Ironsides Class Armored Sloop. Upshaw asked the Senate for a build order for sixteen ships of the Ironsides class ten ships for the Atlantic 3 on lake Erie and 3 on lake Ontario in exchange for canceling the 9 ships of the line In the 1836 naval build. The senate agreed and passed the Naval Bill of 1842, in which the ships of the line were canceled, however the frigates were kept. Of those ships of the line 4 were far enough to be finished within the year it was decided to sell those four once completed. In their place an order for 16 Ironsides class armored Sloops would be placed, 10 with Atlantic coast yards, 3 in yards on Lake Erie and 3 on yards on Lake Ontario. In addition an order would be placed for an order of 4 smaller eight gun ironclads to be built on Lake Champlain.
plans for the FNS Ironsides
With his legislative and policy victory was won, Admiral Upshaw reorganized the Ships in the Federal Navy. His nine Ships of the line and twelve sailing frigates were organized into the Federal Navy Battle Squadron and concentrated at New York Harbor. The sixteen steam powered Frigates and the 58 steam powered sloops of war would be organized in to raiding squadrons consisting of 8 ships each and scattered down the Coast of the FRA some squadrons were even based in the CAS Caribbean states of Cuba and Dominica as well as one squadron based in Falkland, and South Carolina’s East Carolina Colony.
The other parties viewed the Federalist Party’s agenda very differently. The American Whig Party (1) with their pro industry platform favored the repeal of the anti immigrant laws and the tariff but they disagreed with government interference in business and believed that the market would have balanced out if it had been given time. The American Whigs would nominate Alexander Pinkerton of New Jersey one of their most popular state governors to challenge Van Buren in the fall.The American Party (2) has no love for Van Buren and the Federalist, as they have completely undone their legacy under the Baker administration. The American Party would nominate Theodore Greeville the Mayor of Fort McCoy, Ohio as their candidate for the Presidency in the fall. When it came to the various wars going on around the work all three parties agreed that as long as the Federal Republic of America was attacked or their allies attacked by a European enemy the FRA had no business going to war, any time soon.
President Martin Van Buren Federalist of New York
Governor Alexander Pinkerton American Whig of New Jersey
Mayor Theodore Greeville American of Ohio
October 2, 1842 was a bright colorful fall day under a warm autumn sun despite the cool breezes that marked the coming of winter in the not too distant future as the people would go to the poles to elect not just new senators but also to judge weather or not Van Buren had earned a second term as President of the Federal Republic of America. The Votes would be finally all totaled up on December 15,1843 Martin Van Buren had won the election by a landslide; and the Federalist Majority in the Senate remained solid.
1843 election Senate
| State | Federalist | American Whig | American Party |
| New York | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| New Jersey | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pennsylvania | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Delaware | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Erie | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Ohio | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Mississippi | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Totals Federalist 11 seats; American Whig Party 7 seats; American Party 3
Presidential Election
Martin Van Buren(Fed-Ny) 60% of the vote
Alexander Pinkerton(AW-Nj) 38% of the vote
Theodore Greeville(AP-Oh) 2% of the vote
- The Whigs in the FRA added American to the front of their party name to make it different from the Whigs in the Crown Republic of New England.
- The American Democratic Party became just the American Party to emphasise their focus on Nativism
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1840's Maps of the Federal Republic of America and the Continental Commonwealth of American States
FRA Cities and States
FRA Railroads
Commonwealth of American States (Continental) Cities and States
Commonwealth of American States (Continental) Railways and cities
The island states and South carolina's African Holdings are still in progress
British North America Cities
British North America Railroads
Blow up of the Crown Republic of New England in the Works
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Minor nitpick. Your "South St. Louis" is all of St. Louis. IOTL St. Louis stayed south of the Missouri River, so I don't see why it would expand north across the Missouri only to be chopped in half.
It is getting interesting though.
It is getting interesting though.
Think that you forgot to labal Pennsylvanias capital, and does the missouri territory have a territorial capital.
Thanks for the feed back. Pa capital is Harrisburg I'll correct it
As for south st Louis ttl the british have a city on the north bank of the Missouri also called st.louis it did north and south to differentiate between the two. I based it off of RL St.Louis Mo. and East St. Louis IL but I can change it back.
As for south st Louis ttl the british have a city on the north bank of the Missouri also called st.louis it did north and south to differentiate between the two. I based it off of RL St.Louis Mo. and East St. Louis IL but I can change it back.