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Since the Civil War has commandeered so many here...:)

Your challenge is to have the Union lose at Antietam (Orders 191 not captured or whatever, the point is McClellan clerly is said to ahve lost) yet have the South still lose the Civil War and the North still free the slaves and all. (The Emancipation Proclamation was already planned, the announcement just saved till after a victory, but thsi part is stated just so they don't somehow reach a compromise that keeps it intact.)

You can have a major battle in the West go differently as a Union win if you feel this necessary to still have the Union win the war, but your POD can be no earlier than 3 months earleir. And, I'll give it another couple weeks, so the POD can be no earleir than June 1, 1862. (So Thomas could replace Buell for some reason if you desire, like things coming to a head that cause the offer to be made earlier)

British and French action is really not relevant to the challenge, you can do whatever with them.
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