By His Order: Napoleon's America

The French can't logistically beat the the United States. If they had the navy to do so they would use it to defeat Great Britain.

Does the United States have the logistics to defeat the French?

Though really, since I see this is going to be a stickler I'll explain it now. The Royal Navy does not have the logistic or naval power to both defend the English Channel, take back the Caribbean, scour the world Oceans, and defeat the French/Dutch/Spanish/Baltic navies. Especially in this era of communication technology. The United States though now against France still doesn't have a large enough naval force and is not exactly co=opting with Great Britain for left over fears of Great Britain moving in.

"Although Napoleon 'lost' the war at sea effectively from 1805, his naval strategy against Great Britain remained surprisingly effective. ... By keeping his surviving squadrons ready for sea (or capable of being rapidly made so) at Brest, Rochfort, or Toulon, he kept the Royal Navy at full stretch on blockade duties, and the task of hunting down a small French break-out force was incommensurately expensive in terms of vessels and effort." (Chandler - "Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars" p 177)


The Land Campaign mostly goes with crippling the US Army and position by a early attack/bribe by L'ou and Wilkinson and making slave revolts worse by back country raiders. Mostly the strategy is similar to what happened during the Revolutionary War or the Santo Domingo revolts. It is not like L'ou is going to walk into D.C., but make the battle rather inconclusive.

There are also political storms oncoming in the US.

 
The War of 1804-06: Aftermath

For most of the War of 1804 it looked like the conflict would end in a terrible stalemate. Having gained word of the Unites States's oncoming attack it was the Hero of the Negros that struck first with several thousand Black Guard. Striking out from New Orleans along with specialized elements of the French Artillery. Striking up river the entire military force of the United States west of the Appalachain Mountains was surrounded and forced into surrender (under Wilkinson's still secret aid). Then matching on Vicennies his forces managed to capture Indiana Governor William Henry Harrisson.

The United States in an uproar declared war on Napoleon and moved to send army after army of militiamen to retake the Mississippi and conquer New Orleans. Unfortunately though the conflict would dissolve into a terrible stalemate with neither side managing to break through the Appalachain Mountains, until the Cherokee Break Through when Napoleonic forces tore through Cherokee Country and ran through the Southern States liberating thousands upon thousands of African Slaves through the lower states. The war ruined the Republican image with the Federalists sweeping back into Congress and demanding peace.

The peace treaty saw the return of seized American Treaty for the emancipation of African slaves throughout the United States and their deportation over the Mississippi.
 
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