Blaine v. Pendleton, talk about a contrast!
Harlan is a great choice for a VP. Damn.
Harlan is a great choice for a VP. Damn.
OTL Early was a Whig. Why did he change party ITTL?Congressman Jubal Early
I imagine because the Whigs moved towards a more abolitionist friendly platform.OTL Early was a Whig. Why did he change party ITTL?
Holy cow! Six updates in the past week, with this kind of quality? This TL is astonishing. Keep up the good work!
Thanks so much! I guess I've just been very inspired recently.I could only dream of keeping that pace!
I hadn't heard of either of them, but Slemp sounds like a good Postmaster General. Thanks for the names! (And boy is Campbell Slemp a hell of a name)The fact that Virginia has moved from a solid Democratic state to a swing state that voted for the abolitionist candidate makes me happy as a citizen of the Old Dominion.
So we have Harrison as Attorney General, and Sherman as Secretary of State. Mahone will probably not recieve a cabinet position as he's too important as the Whig leader in Virginia and without him being there, the machine may lose steam. I wonder if maybe A Virginian selected by Mahone will get a lower cabinet position like Secretary of the Interior. Maybe Campbell Slemp or John Sergeant Wise?
Yeah, they really embody the ideological differences between the parties.Blaine v. Pendleton, talk about a contrast!
Harlan is a great choice for a VP. Damn.
Thanks so much! Glad you like itBaline as President? Definitely a interesting win. Really enjoying this TL. It's a real treat every time you update.
No civil war or foreign invasion, so they're stable and reforming.Anything going on in Mexico?
He thought that they were too radical and sectional and switched, similar to Samuel J. Randall OTL.OTL Early was a Whig. Why did he change party ITTL?
Also that, yeah.I imagine because the Whigs moved towards a more abolitionist friendly platform.
Thanks! Yeah, abolition has been a long time coming.Great chapter! It’s good to see that slavery will finally be abolished.
The Italian stuff have been some of my favorite European events to write so thanks. I agree the history is fascinating, and there are so many different ways things could have gone.Sorry for not commenting for a little bit but I’d like to say I love the Italy chapter, it’s cool to see Garibaldi play an important role in a timeline. Italy IMO has a very interesting and cool history that’s often unexplored despite having a long list of interesting characters.
Thanks! Virginia is going to be a very interesting place, and I hope to go into the industrialization of Missouri, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama before the end of the century.I also have to commend you for making industrialization interesting (specifically the changes in Virginia).
Chapter 35 has what you're looking for.What's going on in Mexico for the last twenty to thirty years?
Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, Missouri, and Kentucky have all abolished slavery as of 1881.So at this point, which Southern states have abolished slavery? I know Virginia has and I think there was a mention that Delaware had as well, are they the only ones?
Crap you're right. Strang emerges with a splinter faction and then alienates a lot of them with his embrace of polygamy. I'll fix that pronto, thanks for pointing it out.I think you made an error with the Strangites, or at least worded it confusingly. As it is written now it appears that Strang split with the mainline Mormons over their abandonment of polygamy, then was rejected by people who followed him because of that…? Shouldn’t his followers expect him to embrace polygamy…?
Nice Greek word! I've personally been trying to find some place on this site to drop "philippic", but haven't had the opportunity yet.Amphictyony
That's another good one! I've always wanted to work "pettifoggery" in somewhere also.Nice Greek word! I've personally been trying to find some place on this site to drop "philippic", but haven't had the opportunity yet.
I know, right? All these old timey people with the craziest names.Harrison Riddleberger, that’s quite a name… loving this alt-Virginia! Probably my favorite focus of the TL