AHC: An actually successful Reconstruction

Or how about, the Cleburn proposal is actually accepted by the Confederate government as an act of (rare) rationality. Forrest and some others would resign their commissions in disgust, but the program goes ahead long enough that black troops actually see battle for the CSA.

Forrest was more of a pragmatist than that. After Bragg squandered the victory at Chickamauga, Forrest freed his slaves. And he didn't need any court order to get him to do it.
 
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