Well, the capitol HAd to be moved when the Confederacy wouldn't give it back. Philadelphia seemed logical to many, but Chicago had better transportation and rail lines.
Jeez... people keep saying, the POD (Point of Departure, when things change) is AFTER the US Civil War. Not during it or before it. After the US has won the Civil War.
Well, the capitol HAd to be moved when the Confederacy wouldn't give it back. Philadelphia seemed logical to many, but Chicago had better transportation and rail lines.
Jeez... people keep saying, the POD (Point of Departure, when things change) is AFTER the US Civil War. Not during it or before it. After the US has won the Civil War.
Mea culpa.
W/a POD after the American Civil War, develop a plausable scenario where the U. S. national capital is moved west to Chicago, St. Louis or someplace more toward the center of the westward expanding nation.
Simple - load the contents of Ft.Knox onto a train and take it to Ft Leavenworth, e.g. Wouldn't this be the bulk of the capital of the US?
Simple - load the contents of Ft.Knox onto a train and take it to Ft Leavenworth, e.g. Wouldn't this be the bulk of the capital of the US?