The Trent Affair nearly led to war between Great Britain and USA. Lincoln quickly used his polite manners and humbly apologized for the whole thing and reminded his people to fight one war at time (in NE there was actually an outbreak of uber patriotism wanting to take on both the British and the rebels)
We've all heard about how in OTL the Trent incident the British let the Americans off if they apologized. And most of us know how close to war the North would be Lincoln was less humble.
But what if the British weren't so lenient in their original demands? Well, I tried something with an AH with no open war and... well someone pointed out I messed up in execution. So we'll do this again.
What I intend: Reach the 1970s with a drastically altered world.
What will probably happen: I mess up and have to restart this two more times. Then when I get it right, not get past the 1920 mark when real life gets in the way and vanish for 3 months, long enough that no one wants me to continue.
What fun we will get: Well, I'm sure we'll all see something interesting in the "final" version with an altered history from the 1830s to the 1900s, even if I only manage the second scenario
Timeline
Captain Wilkes catches up to RMS Trent on November 8, 1861. His orders to his crew are to capture "Mr. Mason, Mr. Slidell, Mr. Eustice, any companions, and possesions." US Marines board the Trent and size the men. I don't know why he thought a Eustice would be there (In OTL it was just Mason and Slidell) but let's say he was. An Austrian passenger (Trent seemed to carry passangers and mail) from Havana to England) was seen consorting with the diplomats and also gets arrested. Werp...
We've all heard about how in OTL the Trent incident the British let the Americans off if they apologized. And most of us know how close to war the North would be Lincoln was less humble.
But what if the British weren't so lenient in their original demands? Well, I tried something with an AH with no open war and... well someone pointed out I messed up in execution. So we'll do this again.
What I intend: Reach the 1970s with a drastically altered world.
What will probably happen: I mess up and have to restart this two more times. Then when I get it right, not get past the 1920 mark when real life gets in the way and vanish for 3 months, long enough that no one wants me to continue.
What fun we will get: Well, I'm sure we'll all see something interesting in the "final" version with an altered history from the 1830s to the 1900s, even if I only manage the second scenario
Timeline
Captain Wilkes catches up to RMS Trent on November 8, 1861. His orders to his crew are to capture "Mr. Mason, Mr. Slidell, Mr. Eustice, any companions, and possesions." US Marines board the Trent and size the men. I don't know why he thought a Eustice would be there (In OTL it was just Mason and Slidell) but let's say he was. An Austrian passenger (Trent seemed to carry passangers and mail) from Havana to England) was seen consorting with the diplomats and also gets arrested. Werp...