The only place the CSA could go to within US territory would be Southern Florida. If Britain intervened on the side of the Confederacy and the Union won anyway, but lost naval supremacy (Maybe France supports them in exchange for help with invading Mexico?), then there would be no conceivable way for the Union to go to Florida south of the Panhandle. In this case, they'd set up shop in Tampa and try to use their slaves to grow sugarcane. The rump state gets rich off sugar in the late 19th century but eventually its lack of heavy industry and materials relegates it to a banana republic. South Florida is wholly dependent on Britain for their independence, and that support wavers more and more as international backlash grows against their use of slave labor. Slavery is "abolished" in South Florida in the 1920s, but is replaced by something only marginally better.
On second thought, Britain is too strong in North America to let the CSA lose if they were committed to the CSA's victory, as the Union would be forced to fight a two-front war. Maybe Britain stays neutral but France is able to shut down the Union Navy.
On second thought, Britain is too strong in North America to let the CSA lose if they were committed to the CSA's victory, as the Union would be forced to fight a two-front war. Maybe Britain stays neutral but France is able to shut down the Union Navy.
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