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In the civil war California was pro-southern, but didn't secced. The southern half had wanted to gain territorial status so they could then gain statehood as a slave state. What if during the civil war the southern half of California broke away from the northern half and became South California and then secceds from the union? How useful would southern california be to the confederacy? What might be its capital?

A couple of things I notice for this would be that it would provide a supply of gold for the confederates. It would also take soldiers away from the eastern theater in order to fight in the west. This also would give the Confederacy a reason to take the New Mexico Territory. A succesful Confederacy with South California wouldn't need to buy or go to war with Mexico in order to get access to the pacific.

How does this scenario sound? How plausible is it?

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