On the CSA defeating or annexing Mexico

Why not the flip side where Maximillian, eager to reinforce his position in Mexico, decides to retake part of Texas, or Arizona/New Mexico if the CSA somehow acquired that?


...than face the possibility of troubles with France, Mexico, an embittered United States and Spain, enraged over the CSA's threats against Cuba, the British informed Richmond that they had no choice but to negotiate a territorial settlement...
 
It'd be interesting to read a TL where the CSA attempts to annex Mexico only to have its ass kicked. What could Mexico reasonably take if such a thing happened? I'm guessing parts of Texas at the least, probably the entire state if the beating is really bad.

Also the U.S. would probably intervene
 
It'd be interesting to read a TL where the CSA attempts to annex Mexico only to have its ass kicked. What could Mexico reasonably take if such a thing happened? I'm guessing parts of Texas at the least, probably the entire state if the beating is really bad.

They might take the parts of Texas between the Rio Grande and Nueces Rivers, where they claimed the border was before the Mexican-American War. I think they'd be leery of taking the whole state due to the large Anglo population. They'd only take all of Texas if they occupied Richmond.

The real losses the Confederates would take in such a war would be from the US intervention. Goodbye Kentucky and Oklahoma, if the CSA got them in the Civil War peace deal. Possibly Tennessee and parts of Virginia. All depends on whether the British step in to stop the war before the losses go too far.
 
Why not the flip side where Maximillian, eager to reinforce his position in Mexico, decides to retake part of Texas, or Arizona/New Mexico if the CSA somehow acquired that?

The French might even insist on being given it in return for recognizing the CSA.
 
And that is the fact people overlook. Sure, OTL USA beat Mexico, but it wasn't a completely one-sided matter, and it would mean that the CSA wouldn't have the manpower or industry that gave the 19th century USA the capability to not only develop, but also to enforce the Monroe Doctrine.

Especially given that the OTL USA of the 1840s had the financial infrastructure and willpower to conduct that war, where the Confederacy would be extremely debatable about the former. And the latter only takes a country yea far (War of the Triple Alliance). If anything an independent Confederacy would be the North American version of Italy.
 
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