With An Iron Fist

June 1865 in front of White House

The front of the lawn of the Federal White House was empty today, save for a lone man, apparently drunk and apparently loud as he was cussing up a storm." Hey! Mr. President! I KNOW that you can see me and hear me! Your a lousy bastard is what you are! Also you are a lunatic and a piss poor president! Maybe what you are is a dictator, yeah, that's what you are, a lousy good for nothing bastard of a dictator!" THe man started to laugh and then unbutton himself and started urinating on the grass. All the while he was laughing himself silly. Finally, a group of 5 men in black outfits and carring clubs approached him. "Good citizen, you are obviosly drunk and don't know what you are saying, please be kind enough to turn around and walk away for your own good."

The man started to laugh even more. "Don't make me laugh! You're nothing but a bunch of goons sent by that bastard to shut me up." The men then started to surround the man who kept running his mouth. " What do they call you guys, The secret service or something, Ha! more like the secret police to me. I have in mind to..." He never got to finish as the men started to beat him and kick him. Of course, they also used their clubs, or nightsticks as they were known. By the time they finished, the man appered to be dead, but just to make sure, one guy pulled out a revolver and shot the poor bastard in the head. One of the men laughed, " Well, i guess he won't be spreading any lies to anyone for a long time." At this the other men laughed and they walked off, leaving the body there to rot.

Looking out of the window form the white houe, the President smiled and shook his head. " Those boys enjoy there job a little too much. Oh well, i guess i can't blame them." He then turned to one of his aides, " Have someone dispose of that trash in the front lawn please?" The aide nodded and said "Yes Mr. President, right away sir!' and rushed off to make sure that it was done. THe President then smile and started to walk out of the room. It was just another day in President William Tecumseh Sherman's run country.
 
For those wondering what this atl is about, I'll shed a little light on the subject to clear it up. As you know, in my atl sherman is the president of the USA, but what you don't known is how he got there. I will explain it to you. Basicly, there are a few butterflies that i'm going to put in there such as Lincoln, Grant, Meade, and a few other important Union officers meeting in june of 1864 to dicuss grant's progress in virginia. Some disgruntled Union officer or soldier goes on a killing spree and kills Lincoln, Grant, Meade, and a few others by means of explosives or getting his hands on a henry rifle, i haven't figured out which. This decapitation of the Union command throws the AOP into chaos which General Lee takes advantage of and somehow delivers a crushing blow to it which forces it to retreat back into maryland(I know this is far feached at best, but perhaps McClellan coming back to command would do it?).

Another butterfly is the copperheads who see all of this as a sign to revolt against the lincoln administration and thus start a civil war within a civil war. (i'm thinking that freeing confederate prisoners would help also). This forces the federal government to recall some of sherman's men to deal with this and sherman soon finds himself outnumber by Joe Johnston's rebel army which in turn grows. Forced to retreat, sherman falls back into Tennessee and latter in Kentucky. Sherman then gets bad news in the form of his family being killed by copperheads(don't know how that is going to work out, i'm either thinking of taking them out on a train or a riverboat). Basically, sherman goes besherk and starts to take over and bring peace to the usa by any means. This in turns, follows him all the way to the gates of Washington D.C. where he places himself as a dictator (I'm thinking of a showdown between the forces under sherman and the AOP under whoever i choose to place, probably McClellan).

So that is what this atl is about: Sherman taking over the country and reorganizing it as he sees fit. I hope that there are some who will enjoy this atl but i guess i'll have to wait and see.
 
This makes Lee bluntly criticizing Davis look plausible.

It might make an interesting story, but the sky is dark with bats.
 
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