New Orleans becomes a "free city" after the CSA wins the ACW

This sounds awful.

It was presented in as believable a manner as they could. The French with Confederate elements take the town and break Union hold on the state. When the Confederates ask when the French if when they plan on pulling out they say they aren't. It is obvious that the CSA is incapable of protecting it's interests and the Empire couldn't leave all those French descended communities defenseless.

Not saying they could have held it, but it sounds like something Napoleon III would do. Much sweeter prize than Mexico.

They also covered the British angle in that the Brits refused to ally with the CSA. They admitted they had the same war goals, but wouldn't sign or agree to anything resembling an official alliance.
 
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