Talk:Timeline (No Gettysburg)

Some Questions

 * Why does Lincoln agree to a ceasefire while still in office?
 * Why does Southern Missouri join the CS? From what I understand, most of the Confederate sympathizers were in the northern parts of that state.  And even if not, why would the US agree to let Missouri and Maryland be partitioned?
 * How did the CS get New Mexico? I'm assuming the division is the north-south division recognized by the CS Congress (see Arizona Territory (CSA))  The CS in OTL never claimed New Mexico
 * Why does the CSA form an alliance with Deseret? The Confederates were no more sympathetic towards Mormons than the North, and I can't see any reason they'd want to risk angering their more powerful northern neighbor.  And why does the US allow Deseret to secede?
 * Mexico - Why does the CS take so much territory? What gain would it have for them?  And why would they rename and combine states?  I'd think it far more likely they'd only take Sonora, to give themselves a Pacific coast
 * Why does Spain attack the CSA? In OTL, the Spanish-American War was triggered by an explosion on the Maine which was most likely an accident, but was blamed on the Spanish.  Spain never actually attacked
 * Why did slavery continue so long? Nik 05:27, 16 Jan 2006 (UTC)