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Hello everyone I want to start off by saying that I'm still new to this site so please forgive me for any n00bishness.

I want to try to create a timeline where The American Civil war continues longer than in OTL and the most interesting POD that I can think of to allow that is by having Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson recover from is bout of pneumonia after having his left arm amputated at Chancellersville.

One problem I have though is that I want most of the major events that occur later in the war to stay the same and for that to happen Jackson would have to remain inactive for over a year until late 1864. For this to work out the best thing that I can think of is to have Stonewall captured and held prisoner until then.

These are the PODs I have so far.
  • Jackson doesn't die from pneumonia as in OTL but remains sick and bedridden.
  • He does not become fit for work again until approx. 5-6 months later and due to the fact that the summer of 1863 was rather uneventful in Virginia this shouldn't change much.
  • Then some time during the fall of 1863 something goes wrong for whatever reason and Stonewall is captured by the Union and becomes a POW.
  • Then over a year later he is traded back and through some creative strategies wins that war for the south.
What I need help is figuring out what could happen to allow Jackson to be captured and what Jackson would then do in the later half of 1864 to turn a victory for the Confederacy.

The battles that I have in mind that could lead to his capture around my desired time include.
As well I would like to know if anyone could come up with some good ideas of what strategies Stonewall would use himself after being released and remaining in poor health.
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