hey, all. i've been batting around this idea for a while. some of you may know that i'm shooting for a shorter ACW in my ASB ATL as a result of the Union having smokeless powder. i also know that it was during the Civil War that Asa Harmon McCoy was killed (possibly by Jim Vance, one of the Hatfields), which was the first instance of violence between the two families
now, if the ACW is both shorter and potentially on a shorter scale (e.g., the Hatfields and/or McCoys do not involve themselves) then their feud may not escalate to the point of violence. in addition to affecting American culture to some extent (the archetypal feuding families are not the Hatfields and McCoys, affecting any fiction that they appear in; possibly, the metaphor "the real McCoy" may not come into use), how else does everyone think the world around them would be affected?
now, if the ACW is both shorter and potentially on a shorter scale (e.g., the Hatfields and/or McCoys do not involve themselves) then their feud may not escalate to the point of violence. in addition to affecting American culture to some extent (the archetypal feuding families are not the Hatfields and McCoys, affecting any fiction that they appear in; possibly, the metaphor "the real McCoy" may not come into use), how else does everyone think the world around them would be affected?