Huey Long is a Republican
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« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2018, 07:08:09 PM » |
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Timeline:
1861: Pretty much the same, only big difference is that the Battle of Hetteras halts any Union hopes of taking NC's Coastline as well as General Sibley's campaign in Arizona and New Mexico being relatively successful.
1862: Shiloh ends with the Union Army retreating in Major Disarray after Nathan Bed Forrest's Attack completely halted their hopes to win. This is soon followed by the Battle of Frederick, Maryland on September 19th, in which Lee would outsmart General McClellan with a force of 43,500 against McClellan's own force of 57,000. McClellan would be killed by a Cannonball in the battle and die a week later from pneumonia. Due to the surprising victory, the Union is not able to recover in time and the AoP, this time led by Pope, is defeated yet again in the Battle of Sykesville as another major victory against Union forces on December 17th. Due to the threat now posed to Washington after Lee captures Baltimore, which is clear of Federal troops, on December 22nd, Lincoln, his cabinet, and congress is evacuated under the cover of Night on December 23rd to Philadelphia before being escorted to Boston where they can serve as the government until Washington is secure once more. Meanwhile, Lee creates the Army of East Tennessee, led by General Leonidas Polk, to besiege Washington D.C. and to keep Federals from the city and from Delaware from his supply lines and his rear. (Frederick and Sykesville are TTL's Antietam and Fredericksburg; Special order 191 is captured, but only partially and thus McClellan only knew a portion of Lee's plan)
1863: 1863 literally begins with a massive Bang when the Union Launches two offensives. One led by General Meade, now the commander of the AoP, to try and retake Maryland and one led by Grant to attempt to take Knoxville and thus secure Tennessee. Meanwhile, Lee begins to prepare for an offensive into Pennslyvania while General John C. Breckenridge is given the task of defending Vicksburg until proper reinforcements arrive while General Albert Sidney Johnson defends Tennessee from Grant. At the same time, Joseph E. Johnson begins to create an army for his own planned offensive into Missouri.
On April 19th, Meade and Lee's forces meet at the Battles of Yellow Springs, Clover Hill, and Braddock Heights (these battles take the TTL place of Chancellorsville). From April 19th to May 3rd, Lee Continousely bloodies Meade until Meade has no other choice but to retreat from Maryland. While both Yellow Springs and Clover Hill are decisive victories, Braddock Heights is a costly one and Lee briefly considers retreating back south before being told that he would receive around 18,000 fresh recruits by June 13th and only needed to stay put. General Meade retreats into Pennslyvannia to rebuild the AoP and await Lee's inevitable offensive there.
At the same time, the Battle of Clinton near Knxoville,TN happens between Grant and AS Johnson's forces from April 28th-May 1st. It's a decisive but also phyrric victory for the south, seeing Grant finally retreat from Tennessee but bloodying AS Johnson's force so harshly that he can't pursue and destroy Grant. On June 13th, AS Johnson is relieved of his duty and replaced with John Bell Hood who is also given 21,000 Fresh recruits which he uses to meet with Braxton Bragg for an Offensive into Kentucky.
In Mississippi, P.G.T Beauregard meets with Breckenridge and is able to force the Union Army of the Mississippi's hand in the Battle of Antioch, absolutely crushing it and forcing it to Surrender on June 17th. While Beauregard is given the order to replace Breckenridge's force in Vicksburg and AS Johnson is given command Breckenridge's force to at least attempt to retake New Orleans, Breckenridge is brought to Richmond and in which President Jefferson Davis, after heavy urging from General Robert E Lee, places Breckenridge as his new Secretary of war, a position he will be in until 1865.
On June 29th, Lee launches an invasion of Pennslyvannia and Meade attempts to intercept him, leading both to meet at Gettysburg on July 2nd. On the first of the two day battle, General Ramuser uses all availible forces at his disposal to shock and stun Meade's Right flank enough that it collapses quite quickly. What is followed on July 3rd is a near rout before the Left Flank manages to stave off an attack from James Longstreet and thus save the AoP from complete Encirclement and Destruction. On July 4th, the corps under the command of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson launches a sneak attack on the Left Flank of the Union Army at 6:45 AM. The Left Flank, still barely re-cooperating after nearly being crushed by Longstreet, completely collapses after only 2 hours of fighting, during which Stonewall Jackson is nearly killed 3 times. The Rest of the Battle is a simple mop up as the AoNV routs the rest of the AoP. This Battle is the single deadliest battle of the war with Lee's force of around 53,000 suffering 16,000 dead and 24,000 wounded while Meade's larger force of 109,000 suffers 23,000 dead and 38,000 wounded. For 7 days, Lee stays in Pennslyvania, the AoNV getting better with Breckenridge as Sec of War and receiving 21,000 more fresh recruits to prepare for the rest of his Pennslyvania campaign.
In the West, Hood and Bragg's forces cross the border into Kentucky and are practically unchallenged before being met with General Sherman's Newly made Army of Kentucky with 64,000 Ready and able men on the fields of Louisville on July 5th. The Battle is long and hard but is ended when Poe Limasta leads the 5th Louisiana Brigade and two other brigades into an assault Sherman's rear at 7:35 PM, ending the battle as a costly victory for the CSA and allows the Confederates to begin securing Kentucky at great pace once they are respectfully replenished enough to Continue Military Operations.
For the rest of July and all of August, the War is relatively quiet as both sides plan their next move carefully. During this time, AS Johnson attempts to retake New Orleans 7 times but is repulsed every time.
On September 3rd, with a fully created, equipped, and trained Confederate Army of Missouri, Jose[h E. Johnson laucnhes an offensive into Missouri and wins against Pope in the Battle of Springfield on September 7th before he begins to besiege the City of St. Louis with the hope that it surrenders by Christmas.
On September 9th, Lee Launches his second offensive into Pennslyvania and forces Meade into Battle in Chambersburg (September 13th - 17th), Carlisle (September 21st - 27th), and York (September 30th - October 3rd) Before the second Pennslyvania offensive ends with Meade still located in Pennslyvannia, deep in Union Territory, and Meade being forced to withdraw into Ohio to be safe from Lee. From October 4th - November 19th, the war is relatively quiet until D.C. surrendered to Leonidas Polk November 20th. Lee's Orders are Simple "Do Not kill any surrendering union soldiers allow them to return to their homes on Parole for at least a year. Do not destroy D.C. and camp outside it." Polk follows the orders and does exactly as he is ordered too. On December 23rd, St. Louis surrenders to E Jonson, giving him control of the Northern Mississippi. 1863 Ends with the Union in a wreck and War Exhaustion at an all time high while the south Celebrates a year of a great Many Victories, the year of 1864 being well known to be the year that the war is decided on.
1864: Hood decides to go for West Virginia which has yet to be quell while Bragg remains in Kentucky to keep it securely under his control. The 1st and 2nd battles of Harper's Ferry ends in bloody defeats for hood in March and for a brief month, The Union has hopes that they can turn the war around. That hope is quickly dashed however when Hood wins the 3rd Battle of Harper's Ferry, Polk successfully invades Delaware, AS Johnson finally retaking New Orleans, and E Johnson successfully defending their acquisitions in Missouri From March to May.
on May 17th, what becomes known as The Five Great Battles Happens between Lee and both Meade and Hooker. The first Battle, occurring from May 17th-May 21st, was at Huntingdon before this was followed up by the battle of Aloonta from May 23rd - May 25th. After Meade's disasterous performance at Aloonta which saw half of the AoP destroyed, Lincoln puts Joseph Hooker in charge. Hooker launches an attempt to retake Maryland but is defeated at Martinsburg in Maryland from June 11th - June 15th. Hooker is able to defeat the combined forces of both Lee and Polk at the battle of Hanover on June 19th - June 21st but looses over 3/4ths of the AoP doing so and must retreat to Harrisburg instead of pushing on the advantage.
After a month of both sides licking the wounds, the final battle of The Five Great Battles happens at Harrisburg when Hooker, leading a force of 136,000 men faces off against Lee, who is leading a force of 67,000 men on August 1st. For the next 5 days, the battle is a total stalemate as neither side can get the upper hand. However, Major General James G. Huntingdon launches a successful flanking Manouver on August 7th on the Union's Right Flank with his 5 divisions. After this, Lee presses the attack and routs the AoP for good,really ending them as a threat. This Battle replaced Gettysburg from how costly it was with 36,000 dead and 72,000 wounded on the Union side and 18,000 dead and 27,000 wounded on the Confederate's side, but it would be the second to last battle of the civil War, with Lee pursuing Hooker to Philadelphia where, on August 24th, Hooker surrenders the AoP to Lee. Lee acts much like Grant in OTL and does the same thing Grant did at Appamattox. TIn the Most Ironic Sense, the last battle of the war is a union victory in which E Johnson loses the battle of St Louis that went from August 18th - August 25th, but it's too late to turn the tide and on September 13th, Abraham Lincoln formerly agrees to a peace treaty, nicknamed the Southern Miracle Treaty by both sides, in which the CSA was to be recognized as an independent Nation by the Union and the states of Kentucky and Missouri as well as the Indian and New Mexico Territories being ceded to the Union. Originally, Davis wanted to absorb Maryland, DC, and Delaware but Lee talked him out of it.
After the War, the South began to prep for independence and Lee famously said at Philadelphia "Well I'll be damned, looks like we didn't need Europe after all". Lincoln is defeated rather soundly by Democrat William Allen of Ohio with 165 Electoral Votes. That is where we are now at.
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