Challenge: Make a scenerio where the Confederate States of America, the Indian Territory, and Deseret (Basically Just Utah, nothing else) full independence from the United States of America, around 1861-1865.

One example is Lincoln gets assassinated earlier, The CSA gains foreign support, the Indian Territory puts full support in the CSA, hoping to gain Independence, and The Morrisite war turns into a full Mini-Civil war like Bleeding Kansas and gains I depend from the USA
 
The Trent Affair turning into a war that the British handily win* is an excellent PoD for this; I’m sure the Brits would love to do what they did best and split the region up to prevent a hegemon.

*I’m not debating who would actually win a Trent War here; that way lies madness.
 
Ehh...

The Trent Affair is heavily overused in starting a war. Britain won't declare war, nor would the Union. (One war a time.) Britain has little to gain and potentially a lot to lose by fighting with the United States at this point. (The Union can send its armies into Canada and burn it to the ground before heading back before the British could do anything.) They have far more to gain economically from a victorious Union. (And Canada itself greatly supported the Union in OTL.)

The Mormons never had a history of supporting secessionist groups. The LDS don't want to leave the United States, and they would ruined any hope of a Utah Territory.

With the Indian Territory, the South is likely to annex it in due time and into a state, or the USA holds onto it.
 
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