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What I'm looking to do here is look at differences in the effects of two PoDs/TLs that, on the surface, might seem similar. Remember -- this is not the thread to flesh out either of these ideas, especially in this case, as they get plenty of discussion on this board anyway; in other words we're looking at effects, not causes. So with that said:

How would these two rough TLs compare:
1) the Confederacy wins independence in the Civil War with an 1862 PoD, partially by preempting the Emancipation Proclamation
2) the Confederacy wins independence in the Civil War with an 1864 PoD, partially (or largely) by seeing McClellan elected President on a peace platform
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