Most AH scenarios about the Great Rebellion deal with a Confederate victory. That is why I chose one dealing with the reconstruction period in the south. The POD I was thinking of was having the assassinations of Lincoln, Johnson, and Seward fail. OTL, Lincoln was already having disagreements with Congress over how the south was to be reconstructed. With him living, i doubt we would see the emancipated slaves receiving forty acres and a mule or the various treason trials of former Confederate leaders. Davis, Lee et al. might live. Would Confederate military officers above the rank of Lt. Colonel loose the rights to vote and own large amounts of property? Would the south still have a black majority, what with most whites emigrating out west or to Canada, or to Brazil (which recently elected a "Confederado" president IIRC)? I also doubt that Congress would have carved new states out of the old south (I used to live in the state of Lincoln (ooc. OTL's South Carolina)). What are the board's thoughts?