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You obviously haven't read many Civil War timelines, then. MOST such timelines see the Confederacy split, at least to the extent that Texas nearly always leaves at some point. Not possible, given that the Confederate Constitution forbade the Confederate government from interfering with...

I think the most interesting part of this scenario is the possibility that the Confederates might capture some of the monitors...assuming they get trapped in the harbor and can't get back out. If that happens, in all likelihood the blockade of Charleston will be broken, and will stay broken...

So many juicy tidbits, so little time One should remember that the actual timespan of the Inca Empire was very short. They only expanded out of their core area around Cuzco circa 1470, when they conquered the Chimu. Between 1470 and 1530, they conquered the rest of their empire...a span of 60...

Don't know much about Virginia geography, do we? There are in fact a number of good defensive lines available between Manassas and Richmond. Ever hear of the Rappahannock and Rapidan Rivers? How about the North Anna? The Wilderness? To name just a few. You might not be aware of these...

Well, I assume you are asking what if the Guerriere won the fight and captured the Constitution. Given the great technical and armaments superiority of American frigates over British frigates of the period, that's a difficult thing to accomplish. Basically you'd have to have the Constitution...

But again, if the Union had contracted with British shipyards to have warships built, and the Confederacy complained about it...even at the "high water mark" in 1862...would the British have seized those ships? Beyond all reasonable doubt, certainly not.

Well, since the United States never attempted to have any warships built in British shipyards during the war, that's hardly proof of the British favoring the Confederacy over the Union. Indeed, quite the opposite, if you really consider the issue. The only way the Alabama got to sea was via an...

Mikhail Kalashnikov, designer of the famous AK-47 assault rifle which equipped Soviet and other communist forces during the Cold War...and which equips revolutionary and terrorist groups worldwide even today...was severely wounded during the defense of Bryansk in October 1941. At this time he...

Mikhail Kalashnikov, designer of the famous AK-47 assault rifle which equipped Soviet and other communist forces during the Cold War...and which equips revolutionary and terrorist groups worldwide even today...was severely wounded during the defense of Bryansk in October 1941. At this time he...

But why would Rome want to do that? Look at it from their perspective...they've fought two major, hugely costly wars against Carthage. In the second one, Hannibal scared the living daylights out of them (so much so that Roman mothers would frighten their children by telling them 'Hannibal will...

That's true. Or, you'd have to have the Nicolaitans adopt their own scripture which excluded Revelation. Well, remember, women have to copulate every day to achieve eternal life as well, so they are going to be motivated to have sex. It's not going to be looked at as something dirty that...

Well, anyone with any sense would. The damn fool was STANDING ON TOP OF THE PARAPET OF THE FORT until a nearby officer saw him and pulled him off of it. By the way, said officer also called him a damn fool. :p Anyone taking a shot at him from 800-1000 yards away wouldn't have been able to...

Well, I was primarily thinking of how this would affect the development of Christianity and Western culture. For example, Christianity has traditionally been very ambivalent about sexuality, and in many cases, downright hostile to it. So if there is a major Christian sect out there which...

Being killed while on the front lines of a battle, as Lincoln was at that time, would not have been an assassination.

The 4th century Christian bishop Epiphanius of Salamis wrote of a heretical sect called the Nicolaitans, that their supposed founder, the 1st century deacon Nicolas, had stated that "Unless one copulates every day, he cannot have eternal life." The Nicolaitans were held by the early Church to...

You know, if he resurrected an old thread, he'd be accused of "thread necromancy." If he starts a new one instead, he has people beating him up about "using the search function" and "not posting redundant threads." Let's face it. Just about every possible POD that is in the least bit...

Nomadic, most of us aren't close-minded. Most are opinionated, but that's to be expected. But you have to remember one thing...some people's sole purpose in life is to rain on other people's parades. Bill Cameron is a prime example of that. So don't be unduly bothered by him. It's his...