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This was part of a rather limited TL I had in the Infoboxes Thread.

Essentially, Butler becomes President after Lincoln's assassination while the attempt against his own life fails. The Fenian movement begins to pick up and, after meeting with Thomas Sweeny, agrees to unofficially support the Fenian invasion of Canada. Stores of ammunition and weapons are "lost" and Fenian movements into Canada are unimpeded. Irish Civil War veterans are supplemented by what amounts to militia, but they are still easily able to occupy the St. Lawrence valley and the populated strip of Upper and Lower Canada over a period of two months.

Now the British reaction I was unsure of, as while they obviously need to act against the Fenians, they now also have to worry about the situation in Ireland as passions would have become inflamed there at the Fenians success. Parliament was unstable by the looks of it, neither the Liberals or the Conservatives having enough strength to govern effectively, making a clear response all that more difficult.

Thoughts?
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