DBWI: South Carolina won the Battle of Belmont?

So, in the 1998-99 Georgia-South Carolinian War, the Battle of Belmont is typically seen as the turning point in the war, where two large South Carolinian armies were crushed by the 1st Muskogee and 22nd Little Nile of the Georgian Military. It is typically viewed as one of the greatest shows of tactical prowess by Georgian commanders, and tactical stupidity by South Carolinian generals. But what if the South Carolinians had been just a bit smarter? Or perhaps better armed? Would this have halted the Georgian advance? Would it have continued the Gullah Genocide, which the Georgians were trying to stop? Give me your view, AH.com, I want to know, as I have a friend who is a vehement South Carolinian Nationalist who thinks that the SC army could have crushed the Georgians.
 
Your friend is... misguided, the problem was the interaction between the ARSC and the local militia, I should explain the main divisions of the ARSC were drawn from the local militia and police groups. So were clear on quality control here, for militia (mostly) read 'shot-all-da-N****', squads. Or at least thats my understanding of it.

But they were the groups that were most engaged with the Georgians and thus had the best understanding of their tactics, if the ARSC had made greater use of that intelligence they could have made life a lot harder for the Georgians.

But that doesn't deal with... Canada. I'm sure your aware that the Canadians had a vested interest in Georgia toppling the South Carolinian regime, remember the 1995 HMS St Lawrence incident? But the government was far from willing to commit to a prolonged conflict with this remnant of the USSA.

So instead the Canadians made alliances with Georgia in preparation for what was coming, covertly training up the ARG, reequipping the AFRG with A.V Roe products and even strong arming the Texans into selling there surplus to Georgia.
 

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Even if South Carolina had won the battle, which in my opinion is unlikely, they would have still had to deal with the amphibious assaults at Myrtle Beach. Those assaults are well known to have been the real straw that broke the camel's back, opening a second front and splitting South Carolina's forces. So what if the Georgian advance from the south is stopped? They had just landed another large army in the north!

You also have to consider the "Black Rebellion" in the northwest of the country. Those guys were being, as we now know, well supplied by the North Carolinans and Georgians alike. The South Carolinan armies near Belmont would still have to deal with that rebellion in their rear, and lets be honest, the black rebellion was brutal, no mercy wasted on their tormentors. I really don't think this would matter much, South Carolina was too far gone. Now, if they had managed to get the Cuban Republic on their side like they attempted early in the war...
 
Even if South Carolina had won the battle, which in my opinion is unlikely, they would have still had to deal with the amphibious assaults at Myrtle Beach. Those assaults are well known to have been the real straw that broke the camel's back, opening a second front and splitting South Carolina's forces. So what if the Georgian advance from the south is stopped? They had just landed another large army in the north!

You also have to consider the "Black Rebellion" in the northwest of the country. Those guys were being, as we now know, well supplied by the North Carolinans and Georgians alike. The South Carolinan armies near Belmont would still have to deal with that rebellion in their rear, and lets be honest, the black rebellion was brutal, no mercy wasted on their tormentors. I really don't think this would matter much, South Carolina was too far gone. Now, if they had managed to get the Cuban Republic on their side like they attempted early in the war...

I doubt Cuba could have done much. The ball had been rolling for too long, and the Georgian Navy was on high alert.
 
I doubt Cuba could have done much. The ball had been rolling for too long, and the Georgian Navy was on high alert.
That's true, but you have to remember at the time Florida was in a state of total anarchy after the Miami riots. Remember, Cuba had pulled off the occupation of Haiti in just 1996, promising "humanitarian aid" and a "peacekeeping mission". That didn't work out well for the Hatians in the long run, they just ended up as cannon fodder in the Lone Star Republic. Still, the Cubans could have done the same thing in Florida, and who knows, it could have made the six month war with Texas a lot shorter if the Cubans had Floridan troops to call on, maybe they could have even beat the Texans instead of fighting them to a draw.
 
I heard tell that North Carolina was going to intervene if Georgia lost at Belmont, so could that have happened?
 
That's true, but you have to remember at the time Florida was in a state of total anarchy after the Miami riots. Remember, Cuba had pulled off the occupation of Haiti in just 1996, promising "humanitarian aid" and a "peacekeeping mission". That didn't work out well for the Hatians in the long run, they just ended up as cannon fodder in the Lone Star Republic. Still, the Cubans could have done the same thing in Florida, and who knows, it could have made the six month war with Texas a lot shorter if the Cubans had Floridan troops to call on, maybe they could have even beat the Texans instead of fighting them to a draw.

The fact that those bastards were able to hold the Texans still amazes me.
 
I heard tell that North Carolina was going to intervene if Georgia lost at Belmont, so could that have happened?
Why would they? I mean, maybe they could put up a facade of caring for human rights violations, but they had only just ended segregation in '92, which was quickly followed by extensive race riots in Norfolk. I see no reason for them to invade, its not like Georgia would have let them take much if they even managed to breach the border fortifications built after the Second Carolinan War during the 70s.
 
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