WI: Robert E. Lee Captured At Gettysburg

I know Max's family was pushing him to take the vacant Greek throne but Napoleon III talked him into Mexico...
 
Too true, Mikestone8, too true.

The biggest problem was that Max was getting completely erroneous information about the true state of affairs in Mexico, plus the fact that Napoleon III wanted out ASAP as the Mexican Adventure was costing France a small fortune everyday...
 
I doubt very much he would take the Mexican throne under those circumstances. Max's fate is sealed before he takes the throne in TTL if he does.
 
I doubt very much he would take the Mexican throne under those circumstances. Max's fate is sealed before he takes the throne in TTL if he does.

I truely feel if Max knew the real situation in Mexico he never would have gone. But he was misled by many people as well as being bullied by Napoleon III into taking the throne...
 
Or even 1864. Two term Presidents were the exception, not the rule, in that era.

Nah, after winning the ACW Lincoln is a shoo in for 1864. The only way he isn't president is if he doesn't run. 1864 would be a huge disaster for the Democrats. What poor sap they put up against Lincoln in '64 is beyond me.
 
Nah, after winning the ACW Lincoln is a shoo in for 1864. The only way he isn't president is if he doesn't run.

Is that ASB?

The lst photo of him taken before his death makes him look pretty exhausted He was only 55 but looks older than I do now at 69. Maybe he would call it a day. After all, what could a second term be for him except four years of anticlimax?
 
Is that ASB?

The lst photo of him taken before his death makes him look pretty exhausted He was only 55 but looks older than I do now at 69. Maybe he would call it a day. After all, what could a second term be for him except four years of anticlimax?

Which would be the second part of post. He doesn't run.
 
IMHO LIncoln would definitely run, he would want to be there for reconstruction - he was much more conciliatory than the Radical Republicans wanted to be, and his absence would give them more power. Also winning sooner means less strain on him, dealing with the losses at Cold Harbor for example.
 
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