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  1. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    Well it still has a ways to go before most of the country is what you'd call stable. By 1868 what we're going to end up seeing is seas of calm in central Mexico and at the major ports, while in the periphery there's still scattered violence and the simmering republican resistance in the far...
  2. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    On that you can count!
  3. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    Old Abe and the Radicals have not yet begun to fight! Essentially this is meant to pose as his transformative moment where he decides that even if he can't be president, he can still do something to help end the scourge of slavery in the United States. Even if only his oratory and name can help...
  4. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond
    Threadmarks: Chapter 141: A Gentleman Abroad

    Chapter 141: A Gentleman Abroad Rabiʻ II 27, 1284 AH (October 30th, 1867) Golgotha, Syria Vilayet, Ottoman Empire It was less the serene sight of quiet contemplation that he had expected, and more of a swarm of languages, bazaars, madmen and priests. The place where Christ had been crucified...
  5. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    Thanks for the catch! There's room for them inside the government Maximilian wants to create, but how they navigate that space is going to be tricky. The old simple "Liberal" and "Conservative" politics might rear their ugly heads again. However, if a statesmen of any ability comes forward and...
  6. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond
    Threadmarks: Chapter 140: Muerte de un Presidente

    Chapter 140: Muerte de un Presidente “The surrender of Diaz’s forces in 1865 at Oaxaca had left only scattered militia bands under the command of Comonfort facing Bazaine’s forces. 1866 had led to a rapid advance of French control in the south, reaching the border with Guatemala by the end of...
  7. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    The foreign relations of the CSA are a bit too rocky for an immediate war with their neighbors (and Mexico is a big, big no no, the Confederates want France on their side) but smaller Caribbean islands and Central American states are what the Fire Eaters and the Knights of the Golden Circle are...
  8. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    Certainly so, some who think more highly of themselves than others. Breckinridge was one of the 'moderates' as it were who understood that relying on foreign powers to win the war was a fools hope OTL (something he shared with Lee and Longstreet) but did his best to make the Confederacy work...
  9. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    You've got people who can be seen as 'moderates' in some sense taking over the Confederacy, but ones still partially handicapped by their ideology. However, the Fire Eaters are still pretty dangerous and in control of much of the political apparatus to an unhappy degree. This election really is...
  10. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    Oh there's plenty of people who would say it to their faces. The Confederacy had a diplomatic corps during the war that was arrogant, aloof, and very insular in its outlook which made them look like buffoons. They certainly had some smooth actors (Henry Hotze, James Bulloch, and John Slidell)...
  11. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond
    Threadmarks: Chapter 139: The Man Who Would Not Be Washington

    Chapter 139: The Man Who Would Not Be Washington “In the dog days of summer, the Confederate States of America had regarded its upcoming election with something of a bored detachment. The belief amongst the Confederate political class was that Lee was going to run. As the hero of multiple...
  12. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    Not dissimilar to how the USN realized that it had decayed significantly between 1865 and 1872 during the Virginius Affair and so realized that a war with Spain over the incident was not worth it. Thankfully Secretary of the Navy Robeson came along and kicked the USN into reforming and...
  13. EnglishCanuck

    Sequel de Mayo (Cinco de Mayo, Vol. II)

    One of those forgotten moments of WWI sadly.
  14. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    Fascinating! I had no idea he was even portrayed so many times in the media! I'll definitely have to track some of these down for a watch! Wonderful to know thank you! I've been excited as his museum home in Kingston (Bellevue House) has opened again so I'll be puttering around there this...
  15. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    ...might find the Confederacy useful. The implied threat they represent to Spain in Cuba exists. Geographically they could also serve as a buffer* and springboard for further French encroachment into the Americas, while also being a distraction to both the British and the US if France decides it...
  16. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    Some, but not immediately in the 1860s. My history in that period is sketchy at best, and I'm trying to see whether a whole "scramble for Africa" even develops. Though sadly imperialism of all stripes will still sink its bloody claws into the region. India will have a different time across the...
  17. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    For now the good guess is that a different power(s) will be involved in the Philippine Revolution as Spanish rule will not stand forever. Spain, if its possible, will become a little bit of a worse colonial master by the turn of the century. But you are correct that there's going to be people in...
  18. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    All correct! With access to cheap iron from Britain during the war they labored to complete certain projects quickly for the war effort. However, that has pissed off the same Fire Eaters who were dead set against that kind of money spent on 'internal improvements' as it represents a threat to...
  19. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    At the time, especially the OTL time of the Trent affair, there was some sympathy for the Confederacy in Britain. With the people who could make a difference (IE the roughly 1 million people who could vote) there was certainly nuanced opinions based more on anti-American feelings rather than...
  20. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    The threat of secession can be as powerful as the act (ask Quebec) when it comes to certain power blocs getting what they want out of a political situation. The Western Alienation will partially be stirred up by the advance of the railroad as many easterners will get rich like OTL, while the...
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