US foreign policy after CSA secedes

[SPJ]

They'd probably a bit more proactive, and it might be easier for Marti to build up support for the Rebels in places like New York, especially if the CSA gets involved in a bad-blood scenario.

Without the Keys, though, it'd be hard to stage any serious operations, as there's no good jumping off point, as everything would have to be sent down the coast.


IDK. It depends. I'd put money on it being simply named Dominica or Hispaniola or something.

Thanks for the input but whose Marti, and bad blood with who exactly? Also I've read other posts about the possibility of the CSA holding onto the keys and I agree with those who say that such chances where slim. So I'd say that it might be easy for the USA to have naval bases there to launch off of towards Cuba. I'm not an expert though so there could be possibilities that would change that.

 

[NothingNow]

Thanks for the input but whose Marti, and bad blood with who exactly?

Between the Union and CSA.

Also I've read other posts about the possibility of the CSA holding onto the keys and I agree with those who say that such chances where slim. So I'd say that it might be easy for the USA to have naval bases there to launch off of towards Cuba. I'm not an expert though so there could be possibilities that would change that.

Yeah, I personally doubt the Union would ever give up Key West (nor did the CS Navy have the means to seize both Fort Jefferson and Fort Zachary Taylor,) but it's worth figuring into the various scenarios being discussed, especially regarding any potential conflict.

 

[Snake Featherston]

Actually there was *a lot* of CSA sympathy in Kentucky during the war, especially in the central and eastern parts of the state. They sent troops to both sides as individuals and even as units. Magoffin was pro-CS, the legislature was more pro-union, but remember that Louisville and Covington were the major population centers and both were along the Ohio River, which relied on the Union for trade.

And yet two Confederate invasions completely failed to find any of this supposed sympathy as an aid to their own goals. Why is that? It's certainly not because Don Carlos Buell outgeneraled Bragg the second time.

 

[Fiver]

If it is the standard 11+ Kentucky and possibly the Indian Territory then we are gonna see a more regional or hemispheric focus on foreign policy.

That is a very standard independent CSA. It's not very credible. They have virtually no chance of gaining Kentucky and will be hard-pressed to keep all of Tennessee and Arkansas.

 

[Revolutionary Todyo]

So what about American support for Liberia or some similar venture either in the Carribbean or another part of Africa?

It's been mentioned already that there was talk of annexing the Dominican Republic at some point, but how it had little support amongst abolitionists and liberals as it sent out the message of "Negroes can't rule themselves". With a CSA putting forward the idea that Blacks are barely more then animals, would the DR become a major ally of the Union, a sort of posterboy for southern Blacks seeking freedom, not to mention a good place to refuel ships heading to Latin America. Similar deal with Liberia.