That's basically how I felt, but no doubt he would've perhaps been the South's biggest hero next to Lee himself. I envisioned Jackson as like Secretary of War or something in a Lee administration.
That could definitely work. Or he might stay in the Army and become General-in-Chief. I think H.T. got that one right in HOW FEW REMAIN.
I get what you're saying and you're probably right. I suppose he [Joe Johnston] would be a good pick for the anti-Davis faction.
Whad'ya think Lee vs. Johnston in '67? Would Johnston challenge him?
It would largely depend on what the issues were in the 1867 election, and those largely will be determined by the circumstances under which the South won the war. A couple of examples...
--If the South won early in the war, and no emancipation movement was born in the South as a result, then the main campaign issue is likely to be something like Davis's abuses of States' Rights during the war, and yes, Johnston could conceivably run against Lee, who would likely be representing Davis's party.
--If, as in my BLACK AND THE GRAY TIMELINE, the South won by passing the black recruitment law early and making promises to Europe regarding early emancipation, then the emancipation issue is likely to be the big issue of the campaign. Johnston, who was not opposed to emancipation, would not run against Lee. You might see Alex Stephens run against him, or, if the opposition is looking for a war hero, possibly someone like Howell Cobb or Robert Toombs (both of whom served in the Confederate Army during the war). Most of the big-name Confederate Generals, however, would have favored the black recruitment proposal and were not opposed to emanicipation at that stage of the war, so it would be hard to find a war hero of a stature to oppose Lee in the election.
And there are of course other possibilities as well. The point is, to really answer this question, you need to know the background which lead to Southern independence in the ATL. Otherwise you are just picking names out of a hat.
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