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  1. Arnold d.c

    Reconstruction: The Second American Revolution - The Sequel to Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid

    It’s a solid policy, beats having to rely on merchants that will wring them dry and offer a chance to build wealth. That would definitely help the South’s rebuilding. Historically, merchants charged higher interest rates than banks because they themselves were borrowing funds and had greater...
  2. Arnold d.c

    Reconstruction: The Second American Revolution - The Sequel to Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid

    It's a possibility, but I expected one of the main figures of the Lost Cause to get his due.
  3. Arnold d.c

    Reconstruction: The Second American Revolution - The Sequel to Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid

    IIRC Kirby-Smith has already fled to Mexico, with his army practically mutinying to dissolve itself. The epilogue in 'Until Every Drop of Blood is Paid' states that several civilians and military men were executed: - Wade Hampton : cavalry commander in the Army of Northern Virginia - Jeb Stuart...
  4. Arnold d.c

    What if the U.S. pursued an inflationary fiscal policy in the 1870’s?

    As I understand it, it was more than just that. The act basically implied that the U.S. was dropping the gold standard for bimetallism and that by Gresham's Law (bad money will displace good money), the cheaper & overvalued (by the U.S. gov't) silver would become the U.S.' main currency in a...
  5. Arnold d.c

    What if the U.S. pursued an inflationary fiscal policy in the 1870’s?

    You raise a good point that I really had not thought of. Analyzing the impact is a bit tricky as the way their monetary system functioned is so very different from ours. Still, IIRC some of the bigger cities that relied on silver such as San Francisco got hit particularly hard by the removal of...
  6. Arnold d.c

    Reconstruction: The Second American Revolution - The Sequel to Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid

    Good update! We've seen the better conditions of the freedman vs. OTL building up in the ACW. Now, it's time to develop and actually defend those developments. I assume that more home farms will be formed along with their defending regiments. I'm sure there's plenty of discarded small arms from...
  7. Arnold d.c

    What if the U.S. pursued an inflationary fiscal policy in the 1870’s?

    The honest answer is that we don't know. I have not seen any serious attempts by economists to analyze the impact of the Inflation Bill. The prosed addition to the greenback supply was considerable. The main benefactors to this policy would probably be debtors, most notably farmers - whose debts...
  8. Arnold d.c

    Reconstruction: The Second American Revolution - The Sequel to Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid

    Chapter 1 already states that one hundred thousand soldiers were left for peacekeeping, which largely lines up with OTL. IOTL, more than 800,000 men had been discharged and another 190,000 by spring 1866. Demobilization was popular and in line with the anti-military disposition . That said, the...
  9. Arnold d.c

    AHC: Accelerate the Union conquest of Atlanta and march to the sea by a year

    Let me turn the question around: when the Union armies in the west were clearly winning in 1862, capturing Nashville, Corinth and Memphis, why did Lincoln not order them to head east and reinforce the Army of the Potomac? It’s simple: the Confederate armies of the west remained a potent force...
  10. Arnold d.c

    AHC: Accelerate the Union conquest of Atlanta and march to the sea by a year

    In regards to the early Eastern Theater victories, my opinions are as follows: 1. To me, the most direct benefit to Western Theater lies in draining the Confederacy's reserve pool of coastal units. IOTL, there were considerable reinforcements that were entrained to the Western Theater. Of the...
  11. Arnold d.c

    Reconstruction: The Second American Revolution - The Sequel to Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid

    Speaking of the railroads, I just had a thought: has the Crédit Mobilier scandal been set in motion yet? It started off in 1864 and I imagine it still happened IOTL. It's plausible that this could be the impetus for a civil service reform movement ITTL. Alternatively, civil service reform could...
  12. Arnold d.c

    Reconstruction: The Second American Revolution - The Sequel to Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid

    Huh, I had actually forgotten about those proposals. IIRC the push for Federally funded education was strong going into the 1880s and was solid in terms of constitutionality - unfortunately, it was beaten in the House of Representatives. Federal education would also be positive in introducing...
  13. Arnold d.c

    Reconstruction: The Second American Revolution - The Sequel to Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid

    One thing I will definitely be curious about is how the Republican state governments will handle the fiscal burdens of Reconstruction. IIRC, some of it was definitely lost to corruption, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia being the main examples. Most of it, however, was spent for state...
  14. Arnold d.c

    AHC: Accelerate the Union conquest of Atlanta and march to the sea by a year

    As @SWS explained very well the logistics of a campaign in Alabama to Atlanta, I'll focus on addressing the manpower point. The manpower requirements of a thrust to Atlanta from Mobile grows exponentially with each step to Atlanta. The first phase is the least manpower intensive: closing Mobile...
  15. Arnold d.c

    AHC: Accelerate the Union conquest of Atlanta and march to the sea by a year

    Accelerating by a full year means that the Union must be in Atlanta and Savannah by September and December 1863, respectively. That is pretty difficult. Principally, in the Western Theater, there were two thrusts: the push to the Mississippi and the push to the Confederate heartland. A big issue...
  16. Arnold d.c

    Reconstruction: The Second American Revolution - The Sequel to Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid

    Yeah... though I should note that Grant did try to find a gray area to convict and prosecute perpetrators of anti-black violence when civilian authorities could not bring justice through General Order No. 44. General Order No 44 allowed the army to arrest civilians until a "proper judicial...
  17. Arnold d.c

    What if Union won Chickamauga?

    I think the common consensus is that even if Thomas Wood's division had been in place, Longstreet likely would have still rolled the line. With or without the gap, Jeff Davis' division still had an open right flank, which the Confederates exploited. Woods' division was also quite small and the...
  18. Arnold d.c

    Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid: A More Radical American Civil War

    Man, your TL was a big influence on me as a teen. Your TL was what got me into the American Civil War and a major factor for joining this board. I bought Pfanz’s Gettysburg series just to understand the differences in the blow-to-blow stories and resulted in my interest into wargaming and...
  19. Arnold d.c

    Reconstruction: The Second American Revolution - The Sequel to Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid

    So the battle to win the peace has begun... Demobilization has inevitably happened, leaving the U.S. Army with 100k troops (I presume given the typo), roughly the same as historical (87k in Jan 1866) and reasonable given expiration of terms. That does lead me to wonder how Reconstruction will...
  20. Arnold d.c

    Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid: A More Radical American Civil War

    Pretty interesting stuff! Hahaha what. This reminds me of that TL where Lincoln is moved south, becomes a Southern senator, friends with Davis and finally becomes the President of the CSA against Seward. IIRC it was done by the author who wrote “The Black and the Gray”, so yeah…. Actually...
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