So, I have a question. Assuming the following POD is plausible (I am not sure on the politics of the era), lets say Dems win the congress in '62, and McClellan wins in '64. Peace is declared. Assuming the Confederates don't attack, and anti-war fervor could be over by '68 (Lincoln the first Pres with non-consecutive terms, anyone?), what would be the earliest/latest chance for the Second War between the states to begin and end, with the Union returned to it's whole self?
As a side note, how exactly would CSA politics evolve? No central leader, but the state's representatives holding a sort of oligarchy? Davis somehow weasels his way to a second term? Let's assume Davis begins industrial programs as soon as possible, but that they would likely be stopped by a successor, if there was one.
As a side note, how exactly would CSA politics evolve? No central leader, but the state's representatives holding a sort of oligarchy? Davis somehow weasels his way to a second term? Let's assume Davis begins industrial programs as soon as possible, but that they would likely be stopped by a successor, if there was one.