Sequoyah was mentioned as being hit by Confederate air raids in the books while New Mexico was untouched during the war; the Mormons were given their resources at the Texas-New Mexico border until the US invaded Texas again.
TL-191: Filling the Gaps
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The Confederates had limited manpower and there were more important theaters in the east.
Truly the Timeline 191 moment and yes, Irving Morrel would be proud
For my head canon, Operation Blackbeard was more than just Ohio being invaded.
I see Sequoyah being completely liberated early on in the war.
The Union Southwest (OTL Arizona, New Mexico, parts of California) is mostly a battlefield where a lot of hit and run tactics occur. Los Angeles could be bombed from a distance.
Parts of OTL Midwest are not really invaded, but their major cities [Indianapolis, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, etc.) are bombed. There are strips of Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri that are under some Confederate control, but are easily taken back after the Battle of Pittsburgh. Per this image, I also see the cities such as New York City, Philadelphia, and Baltimore being bombed but in never under Confederate control.
Major rebellions in Utah and the former Canadian territories, while not officially part of the operation, are more or less endorsed by Featherston since they give the Union a more difficult time to deal with it.
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I know I just noticed now, but the State of Houston wasn't made a US territory until 1917 and wasn't admitted into the Union until 1918.US Senate Elections from 1916-1944
Looks like you're right, other than the fact it was admitted immediately. Doesn't change the numbers regardless.
Cross post from After the End about a possible historical parallel. I'd like to get your peeps' thoughts on it.
my read on Turtledove's interwar CSA is that there's going to be an internal Great Migration--any of the millions of Black freedpersons who has the ambition to carve out a space for themselves, any interest in the arts, political/gender nonconformity are all going to head to college towns as small as Auburn, Ala., or port towns that aren't going to turn up their nose at a ready supply of dock and factory work: the 20s Harlem Renaissance with its sexual liberation is often presented as just happening by itself, but there was a long history there going back to 1870s and 80s commercialism that allowed 20something men and women to live relatively alone
(also who knows what Jacob Colleton demanded from Rrose Sélavy, and Featherston's gotta have a Röhm-analogue, oh dear)
Good grief and I completely missed this moment of Awesome for my favourite AH.com thread!
Shame, shame, shame on me (and just a little pride at having contributed in a small way to this achievement).
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On a more serious note, I’ve just stumbled onto the fact that the day Erwin Rommel died - 14th October 1944 - was Dwight D. Einsenhower’s 54th birthday.
Sometimes history can be remarkably creepy.
On a less superstitious note, it strikes me that this curious coincidence makes October 14th an excellent candidate for Irving Morrel’s birthday (presumably 14th October 1891).
Out of curiosity, is there any consensus as to which West Point class various Timeline 191 army men belonged to?
Sometimes history can be remarkably creepy.
On a less superstitious note, it strikes me that this curious coincidence makes October 14th an excellent candidate for Irving Morrel’s birthday (presumably 14th October 1891).
Out of curiosity, is there any consensus as to which West Point class various Timeline 191 army men belonged to?