A southern victory

Hi guys! I'm going to be making a timeline on a southern victory in the civil war. I'm not going to get into the war itself, but will be focusing on the CSA after the war and seeing inside its politics and its impact on the world. This is my first TL, so please don't be harsh. Please make suggestions about the TL in the comments.
-Levi, the nerdaholic
PS. Put this thing in the wrong section. Sorry!
 
I was bored, so I decided to make a timeline. I didn't know how making a thread worked, so here I am.
...I couldn't be kicked from AH.com for that, could I?:eek:
Seriously, I'm a bit worried.
 
Don't worry, I'm pretty sure you're not going to be banned for trying to write a TL. What you should do is report the first post in this thread and ask for it to be moved to the Pre-1900, that way it isn't stuck in this subforum for all time. :p
 
Creating a thread in the wrong subforum isn't a kickable offence. Don't worry.

Just report your own post and ask a mod to take it to Before 1900.
 

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Be gentle people.

To the OP: You would be well advised to at least come up with a "How" the South won. Beyond avoiding arguments on that issue, or at least minimizing them, the manner of the victory will have massive impacts on the post war world. To use an extreme example: The Northern States do not oppose the split. There is likely to be very healthy trade between the new CSA and the USA. The flip side being that the South managed to eek out a victory on the battle field due to war weariness in the North. The bad blood would greatly impede trade.

Massive butterflies depending on the "how". You need to get them flying in the direction you want the T/L to proceed.

Best of luck.
 

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I've literally never seen a non-trolling Sealion. Did they once exist?
There are any number of attempts. The problem with them is that the ground is so thoroughly plowed and pretty much every possible angle has been examined, in almost heartbreaking detail, that the obstacles simply can not be overcome.

It is simply a math problem, and there is no way to avoid the numbers.
 
It's a bit late right now.
I would've worked on the TL, but school's been keeping me busy.
Will probably have to wait for a while...maybe by the weekend I'll put out something.
To the OP: You would be well advised to at least come up with a "How" the South won. Beyond avoiding arguments on that issue, or at least minimizing them, the manner of the victory will have massive impacts on the post war world. To use an extreme example: The Northern States do not oppose the split. There is likely to be very healthy trade between the new CSA and the USA. The flip side being that the South managed to eek out a victory on the battle field due to war weariness in the North. The bad blood would greatly impede trade.
Thanks for the advice! I think I'll make it that the CSA succeeded on capturing Washington DC, resulting in a complete union surrender.

....AND THIS IS WHERE THIS THREAD WENT TO HELL....
 
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ben0628

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It's a bit late right now.
I would've worked on the TL, but school's been keeping me busy.
Will probably have to wait for a while...maybe by the weekend I'll put out something.

Thanks for the advice! I think I'll make it that the CSA succeeded on capturing Washington DC, resulting in a complete union surrender.


Thank you for joining this site, and thank you for loving alternate history and I hope you finish your tl.... but capturing D.C is probably the least likely way for a Southern victory (most people will argue that D.C can't be captured).

If I were u, I'd play it safe and go with a Democrat victory in the 1864 elections which culminates in a ceasefire and peace (probably requires Johnson wrecking Sherman's army in Northern Georgia and Lee keeping Grant north of the Rappahannock at the very least).
 
Cool, a CSA victory TL. Ironically enough there hasn't been a CSA TL ever since TFS left the page (not gravedancing, just pointing an interesting fact).
I've been meaning to make one myself but I've been caught up in school, work, and my Mexico TL
 

ben0628

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Cool, a CSA victory TL. Ironically enough there hasn't been a CSA TL ever since TFS left the page (not gravedancing, just pointing an interesting fact).
I've been meaning to make one myself but I've been caught up in school, work, and my Mexico TL

Yes he did tend to destroy discussion in regards to Civil War discussion, yet at the same time he held people to high standards, which is something we all must do when analyzing non asb timelines. Any who, as said in my previous post Levi Fox, try to avoid a Washington D.C/Union surrenders pod. People here mean well, but can be overly critical if a timeline does not admit the realities. D.C. cannot be realistically captured during the Civil War.

Best two options for a Confederate victory is either 1864 election where the Democrats win (which requires the South to do better in both 1863 and 1864) OR a Great Britain enters the war on the side of the Confederates (this one has been rather overused however). I hope you the best though and I can't wait to see what you have.
 
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