Lincoln not as President

Seward an anglophone? Duh, of course he was. I was very confused by the statement until I realized it was a typo. Which i didnt do until i saw the word 'anglophobe' near the end of the post.

I had visions of Seward insulting the British by refusing to use diplomatic French, or something. :)
so the United States, if under a Seward government, may be anti-British and pro-French?
another question: was Lincoln IOTL like this?- not really anti-British, but pro-French?
 
Seward an anglophone? Duh, of course he was. I was very confused by the statement until I realized it was a typo. Which i didnt do until i saw the word 'anglophobe' near the end of the post.

I had visions of Seward insulting the British by refusing to use diplomatic French, or something. :)

Oh dear God; *face palms* LOL! :D
 
so the United States, if under a Seward government, may be anti-British and pro-French?
another question: was Lincoln IOTL like this?- not really anti-British, but pro-French?
I don't think Lincoln was either anti-British or anti-French. Neither Seward nor Lincoln were pleased about France meddling in Mexico. Relations were tricky for both countries under Lincoln given the situation, but Seward would've had more of a hard line policy against them.
 
I don't think Lincoln was either anti-British or anti-French. Neither Seward nor Lincoln were pleased about France meddling in Mexico. Relations were tricky for both countries under Lincoln given the situation, but Seward would've had more of a hard line policy against them.
Against both Britain AND France? that seems tough....
Anyways, seems Seward is a good option if the US needs to brew some anti-British sentiment.
 
There is also the prospect of a military officer's commission in the Union Army, if the Civil War still occurs.

Major-General Abraham Lincoln, commanding one of the many Union field armies, or a Department, is not at all implausible.
 
There is also the prospect of a military officer's commission in the Union Army, if the Civil War still occurs.

Major-General Abraham Lincoln, commanding one of the many Union field armies, or a Department, is not at all implausible.
Lincoln and Grant in the West.

Lincoln provides the political specifics and Grant the muscle:eek::cool:
 
Lincoln and Grant in the West.

Lincoln provides the political specifics and Grant the muscle:eek::cool:

I could see General Lincoln managing the administration and the public relations while Grant and Sherman go nuts on the Confederacy.

WI Douglas had won and then died like he did in the OTL?

In that case, we have President Herschel Vespasian Johnson, whose name rocks if I'm honest, but whose ability to fight the Civil War if it still occurs is...doubtful, at best.
 
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There is also the prospect of a military officer's commission in the Union Army, if the Civil War still occurs.

Major-General Abraham Lincoln, commanding one of the many Union field armies, or a Department, is not at all implausible.
so a Seward government with Lincoln as Major-General? What about other members of cabinet?
 
I expect a President Seward would make some different picks, but then he would be somewhat restricted, as was Lincoln, by political considerations.
so we can possibly expect almost the same cabinet IOTL- would Seward's foreign policies be much different from Lincoln's OTL stances? his anti-British sentiment makes things interesting enough....
 
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