Saphroneth
Banned
Okay, to clarify.No border is more important then DC. Why would you pull from the East to reinforce godforsaken Michigan or Maine and leave DC open to invasion? Lincoln, and his staff, will protect DC even more, knowing it to be the weak link. It was one of the most heavily defended cities in the world ITOL. IF anything, they would increase it.
I can easily see a victory CSA with the UK backing them, but the UK backing is never going to translate to Redcoats marching, in mass formation, with Rebels into Maryland.
- I'm not talking about Redcoats marching into Maryland - the Redcoats are all up north in Canada.
- If your opinion is that the US would prefer to defend DC rather than the coast or the northern frontier that's fine - but realize that means NY and Baltimore occupied, Springfield armory captured, the DuPont powder works blown to bits and the occupation of essentially the whole of Michigan. There's 150,000 British troops in Canada by the thaw (~100,000 total Canadian militia counting the maritimes, plus 8-9 divisions of British regulars), plus the Royal Marines, and you need something to stop them (and NY and MI might simply refuse to provide their troops and keep them for themselves if they're expected to acquiesce to that!). Similarly, the coast needs some vague kind of defence. (Please feel free to say how many troops you think the Union would put up there, and remember that you're either putting untrained new recruits up there or you're stripping the field armies down on the front line.)
- Remember, OTL the Union and the Confederacy fought back and forth over Maryland in 1862. With Trent the Union army is smaller (it has to be, it does not have enough rifles to arm everyone it armed OTL - this means the expansion of OTL 1862 does not happen) and the Confederacy is larger (they've got all the troops OTL tied up on the coast). They also have the Virginia loose on the Potomac.
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