Ok I recently watched a few documentries on the civil war as well read some stuff about the novel 1862 and of course Southern Victory. Now having not read the novel(1862) im not up to commenting on it specifically but thats just background reading stuff. I'm approaching an idea where the US looks more like Europe with The North losing the Civil War and having to acknowlegde the Confederacy. Unlike in Southern Victory I'm not convinced the nation would stay together so well. With the South succeding this would establish the precedent for succesion and I'm thinking some states might want to go it alone. California and Utah spring to mind, maybe a French/British backed Mexican empire taking Arizona and New Mexico, a state of Dakota with Sioux and Metis settlers pushed out by the British (This one may be totally ASB but i'm interested if it could happen).
The way I see this happening is with either Lincoln being assasinated or with the British going to war over the Trent Affair and sticking oars into the pot and encouraging the succesion of other states.
Thoughts, comments?
(Lots of spelling mistakes I know)