A Confederate Independence



            Point of Divergence, 1861: General Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson suggests to General Robert E. Lee to attack east of Frederick, not at Antietam. General Lee agrees, and strikes Union General McClellan’s Army East of Frederick. McClellan, having discovered Strategic Order 191, assumes General Lee will attack at Antietam.

 Battle of Frederick, September 17, 1862:  Lee’s Army is able to catch McClellan’s units stationed East of Frederick off guard, and he marches on Antietam, pressing the attack and hoping to catch the Union off guard once again by out flanking them. On the Eighteenth, his Cavalry engage Federal Cavalry only a mile from Union Lines. As the battle breaks out at noon on the Eighteenth, McClellan’s Army is caught off-guard and forced to retreat.

 Battle of Montgomery, October 1-3, 1862: General Jackson, the active commander of the Confederate Army due to Lee coming down with a strange cold, decides to take a more aggressive approach and attacks General McClellan’s Forces once again in Montgomery County, just mere miles from Washington DC, where Union Troops are preparing a defense of the city. On October 1, Jackson launches a probing attack with his cavalry into Rockville, where the Union Troops have set up defensive positions. This attack is mildly successful, ending in a clash between Union and Confederate Cavalry in between Union and Confederate Lines. On October 2, Jackson sends General John Hood, A.P. Hill, James Longstreet, and many other generals, against Union Lines, buckling them in the center. On October 3, Cavalry supported Infantry from General Pickett’s Corps is able to break through Union Lines and result in McClellan’s forces executing a full withdrawal to Washington DC. On the 6th, General Robert resumes command of the Army of Northern Virginia and besieges Washington DC, which eventually falls on December 12, 1862.

                French Recognition of the CSA, February 9, 1863:  On February 9, ten delegates of a French Diplomatic Envoy inform President Lincoln, residing in Philadelphia, that France has formally recognized the CSA. On March 7th, Great Britain follows.

 Battle of Vicksburg, May 18-27, 1863: French Foreign Legionnaires from French Guiana land in secret 20 miles from the Battlefield. They arrive with 20,000 soldiers and 15,000 Confederate reinforcements on the 22nd, which results in Grant’s 35,000 Troops being surrounded and unable to receive reinforcements which were on the way. These French and Confederate Troops surprise said reinforcements and utterly annihilate them, with almost the entire force taken prisoner, killed or wounded. Grant surrenders on the 27th, turning the tide in the favor of the Confederates officially. However, after this isolated French intervention, the French Forces are withdrawn due to mounting international pressure, namely from Great Britain.

 Battle of Gettysburg, June 4-7, 1863:  After besieging Washington DC and effectively taking it over, Lee’s forces converge in Gettysburg against an increasingly smaller Union Army. On the fourth, Lee’s forces fail to break through, and James Longstreet suggests a tactical withdrawal, which Lee agrees with. Under the cover of darkness, Lee’s forces withdraw 90% of their number, coming behind the Union Army and annihilating it before it breaks back out and retreats to Philadelphia.

 Road to Philadelphia, June 8-July 17, 1863:  On June 9th, Abraham Lincoln retreats from Philadelphia to New York as Confederate Forces make their final approach on the city. As a result of recent events, mostly due to French Naval Forces annihilating Union Naval Forces, the blockade around the CSA is lifted and the CSA Blockades the Northeast. On July 3, Confederate Fire begins to hit inside the city. Once the city falls on the Seventeenth due to a lack of will, all hope in the Union is lost. While the Army of the West is still fighting Union Forces in Texas, the war ends on March 7, 1864 with an overwhelming CSA Victory at the Battle of Dallas.