jefferson davis

Bluegrass turned Red - A What may have been TL By: A Just a Turtledove fan Prologue- The loss of the commonwealth September 2nd, 1861 Mayor General Leonidas Polk received a telegram from the Tennesee Governor to hold his invasion plans in Kentucky [1]. Polk's first reaction was one of anger...

Suppose Jefferson Davis had rejected the offer of being the president of the confederate states of America. Instead, he preferred to be General in the confederate army, particularly the rank of General in chief of the confederate army. Still, He was willing to be posted where ever the...

To Be in Dixie Welcome to the World of 'To be in Dixie', a timeline that is meant to attack on the overly troped 'extremely successful CSA' or 'excessively idiotic and stupid CSA' cliches. This will try to show what would be an organic and proper development of a country, that has won its...

What if Jefferson Davis became a confederate General instead of president of the confederate states? Would Jefferson Davis Have been a worthy enough to be the Commander of the army of Tennessee? I’ve been the best confederate general who would’ve been the commander of the army of the...

What if the Union decided to be more harsh on the rebels after the fact, and exile the Confederate leadership and their immediate families from the united states after the end of the Civil War? How would this effect things in both the South and the Union going forward? What would it's Impact on...

Blood Red Cotton- A Confederate TL Chapter One: The Dixie Revolution/Introduction Well, for a start, I suppose that I ought to introduce this TL a bit more fully. There are a great number of fantastic CSA timelines on this site, and I hope to “throw my hat in the ring”, so to speak. In...

Jefferson Davis was present at the First Battle of Bull Run. What if the battle had played out differently, and he'd been killed or captured by the Union forces?

In 1849, Venezuelan-born adventurer and filibuster Narciso López was seeking military help for an attempt to liberate Cuba from Spanish rule. Of course, I use the term "liberate" rather loosely, since López was a supporter of slavery. Knowing that pro-slavery sentiment was strong in the South...

How does this affect the war? How does President Stephens do as the President? Is the South still defeated? Is the war shorter or longer? Does this cause Lincoln to be assassinated earlier?