Jaded_Railman
Banned
The scenario has Britain and France recognising the CSA and the US withdrawing diplomatic representatives as a result.
What?
No it's not, the scenario is that Gettysburg does not happen. The British recognizing the CSA is in no an unavoidable antecedent of this, in fact it's somewhat unlikely. After the peak tide of CSA fortunes at Antietam and the subsequent Emancipation Proclamation, after the CSA's attempt to use Cotton to strangle-hold Europe into coming to her aid, after the rise of Union grain shipments as almost more important to Europe than Confederate cotton shipments, British recognition of the CSA is almost a non-starter. Sure, Gettysburg was the final nail in the coffin, but it was by no means the only one. Truthfully, Franco-British intervention after the Emancipation Proclamation and especially after the 13th Amendment begins to gather traction in American political circles is bordering on ASB, the bedroom fantasies of Europhiles and British jingoists.
I see no reason to automatically assume Britain will intervene simply because one battle fails to happen. In fact, it's very likely that a similar battle will occur elsewhere on Pennsylvanian soil, perhaps an even more devastating one.