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    2xTLIAW: Grant Killed at Fort Donelson
    Threadmarks: Introduction / PoD

    We all agree, by virtue of being on this site in the first place, that the study of alternate history is not only fun, but that usually ATLs exist for a reason. If we exclude neo-insert-dead-political-view-here TLs, what is left is mainly shining a light on OTL so it can be better understood...
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    ACW Question: Garfield given a Division?

    According to Peter Cozzens ("This Terrible Sound"), James A. Garfield was offered command of a division of the Army of the Cumberland by William Rosecrans. Quoting Cozzens quoting Garfield via Smith ("Life and Letters of Garfield"): "Garfield, I have now got a division ready for you, but I...
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    AHC: Bigger than Gettysburg

    With as small and germane a PoD as possible, make a Civil War battle have greater casualty figures than OTL Gettysburg. That is, have the killed, wounded, missing, and captured, for both sides, total more than ~51,000. This has the caveat that "captured" must be as part of the battle, not as...
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    ACW idea: Thomas goes South

    I know I am a crazy George Thomas-phile, but even his detractors admitted that he fought brilliantly on the defensive. Related-ly, perhaps 90% of the Civil War buffs out there claim the South lost in part because they were too aggressive overall. This needs an early breakpoint to influence his...
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    DBWI: 10 Ways the Fort Stedman Attack could have Failed

    If you research deep enough into anything, it appears that real life our timeline is ASB extremely often. Such is the case with John Gordon's legendary attack of Fort Stedman and City Point. What most people fail to realize (thanks to revisionism) is how close the CSA was to falling apart in...
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    No Better Place to Die...Twice (The Gentlemen of Virginia Re-Vamped)

    For those of you who, a month or two ago, were following The Gentlemen of Virginia, you were probably wondering just when it was going to move forward faster than 3 posts per OTL day. This was despite the fact that I actually most of the TL planned up through May 1864 (and many many hand-drawn...
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    Longstreet unscathed at Wilderness

    On May 6th, 1864, Longstreet arrived with his Corps at the Battle of the Wilderness on the Confederate right flank, just as it was crumbling, and stabilized the line. Longstreet then personally led 3 brigades on a flanking march through an unfinished railroad cut, surprised the Union left...
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    The Gentlemen of Virginia - TL w/ comments

    August 22, 1863 - Mid-Morning Chattanooga, Tennessee "Gentlemen, I find our present dispositions quite distressing. The enemy has deceived us. Buckner and his army may be assailed in a matter of days, and we have half our force spread for scores of miles to the southwest." Yes, though Polk...
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    Plausibility Check: Lee sent West for Chickamauga - means and results?

    In the archives there are many variations on Chickamauga, all involving someone besides Bragg being in charge of the Confederate forces either during or immediately after the battle. But the one person who so far has been overlooked is Robert E. Lee. I ask for a plausibility check on all of...
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    AH Poll: Best American General

    With all the polls on here, I have never yet seen one where the people involved are in an AH. So, besides polling, you also have to figure out what the TL is.... I think that Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson speak for themselves. However, some of the other people may be less familiar...
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    TL: Thomas' Visit

    Or, How Lee's Loyalty to the Union Lost it the Civil War :eek::eek::eek: yes that's what you're thinking. Please forgive the BP, as it does not quite cross the border into ASB (i think very slightly and perhaps temporarily changing two character's character [at least the standard...
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    The Issues of Thomas and Sherman

    To settle this debate which has been going on in both recent Civil War poll threads, I am opening up a new idea. What if, in late 1863, after Mine Run, Meade's less-than-stellar performance post-Gettysburg demotes him to Vth corps commander (also preventing an inexperienced and over-cautious...
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    Worst Confederate General

    I can't believe no one has done this one before. Note that there is no 'other' option, please pick the worst General from this list. (Also, according to some, a few people on here should be close to the best General - it's a matter of opinion).
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    How to get a President

    Challenge: Change one of America's Presidents starting with a break point as little related as possible. Here's an example to start us off: Monday, June 28th, 1869. John and Washington Roebling are surveying, fixing the precise location of the Brooklyn tower for the soon-to-be-constructed...
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    Presidents who should have been

    Henry Clay and William Jennings Bryan, to name but two: your task is to pick an American who was significantly involved in politics and generally well-liked for at least a little while, but never became President. Create a scenario where they become President, with the least deviation from OTL...
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    The War to End War......in 1825

    This will be a long, broken up post. We start, of all places, on the ice-strewn eastern coast of Kamchatka, in the 1730s. Commander Vitus Bering, a Dane of some note who served competently in the Scandinavian War but did not seem destined for great things, is busily building the boats and...
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