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I am creating a scenario in which the ACW went a different way, as a much "weirder" war. These are some ideas I had.


  • Background to war is similar to OTL, with Lincolns Election going very similar to OTL.
  • War lasts longer than OTL, up to two decades, but most large-scale fighting is finished before 1867.
  • Gatling Guns used in war, maybe making a lot of seige warfare in the Kentucky Front.
  • "Old Northwest Confederacy", led by secessionists in Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, which does not come to much, but splits US forces.
  • Foreign Brigades, such as a Garibaldi Brigade from Italy.
Any thoughts on these? Also, please suggest ideas, but with these constraints.

  • War does not spread to Europe, although Mexico and Canada can be fronts.
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