This is the typical 'Southern Victory' in that the Confederacy was able to defeat the Union and won it's independence. The real POD comes afterward when the Confederacy is confronted with how weak it's federal government really is in peacetime. As a result the interest of it's individual states diverge and the CSA breaks down.
At the same time due to it's defeat and secession being de facto recognized as a right of the states, the western territories and states, lead by California become the first to break with the Union, forming a brief confederation that agrees to a couple further splits. This proves to be the beginning of the end of United States as one by one, the different remaining regions break away.
What happens after that?
At the same time due to it's defeat and secession being de facto recognized as a right of the states, the western territories and states, lead by California become the first to break with the Union, forming a brief confederation that agrees to a couple further splits. This proves to be the beginning of the end of United States as one by one, the different remaining regions break away.
What happens after that?