Timeline-191

Timeline-191 is a fan name given to a series of Harry Turtledove alternate history novels.

The Wars between States

In TL-191 the orders were never lost, and McClellan was caught by surprise. Lee forced him into battle on the banks of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania and destroyed the Army of the Potomac in the Battle of Camp Hill. Lee went on to capture Philadelphia, winning the Confederate States of America diplomatic recognition from Great Britain and France, and eventually winning the war.

Related Topics:
Susquehanna River - Pennsylvania - Army of the Potomac - Battle of Camp Hill - Philadelphia - Confederate States of America - Great Britain - France

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Abraham Lincoln was defeated in the 1864 elections, and another Republican president would not be elected until 1880. James Blaine was a hard-liner who precipitated a war against the Confederate States over the purchase of the Mexican provinces Sonora and Chihuahua.

Related Topics:
Abraham Lincoln - Republican - James Blaine - Mexican - Sonora - Chihuahua

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Due to spectacular leadership from Confederate general Thomas Jackson against his counterpart William Rosecrans and the assistance of Great Britain and France, the United States was once again defeated and the Republicans turned out in the 1882 elections. In return for British and French assistance, Confederate President James Longstreet was obliged to propose the nominal manumission of the country's slaves, which proceeded throughout the 1880s. The defeated United States, realizing it needed powerful allies to counter the Confederate alliances with Britain and France, begins to accept the assistance of the German Empire.

Related Topics:
Thomas Jackson - William Rosecrans - Great Britain - France - James Longstreet - Manumission - German Empire

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A battle in the Montana Territory against the British produced two American heroes who would become rivals for another forty years: General George Armstrong Custer and Theodore Roosevelt, colonel of the Unauthorized Regiment.

Related Topics:
Montana Territory - George Armstrong Custer - Theodore Roosevelt

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Witnessing the collapse of the Republican Party, Abraham Lincoln, now an orator, allied with American socialists and led left wing Republicans into this new party.

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• How Few Remain (1997)