I know it'd be sort of pointless, but why didn't they do it IOTL to thumb their noses at the victorious Union?
I know it'd be sort of pointless, but why didn't they do it IOTL to thumb their noses at the victorious Union?
Who would have accepted it? I doubt any american governement would have wanted to piss the Union, and no European power would have any interest on it.
Wasn't there a population of former Confederates in Brazil? Perhaps a government-in-exile could be established there.