Timeline (TFS)

1861: The CS does not invade Kentucky.

1862: After the Trent Affair and the many Confederate victories, Britain gives the CS diplomatic recognition.

1864: George McClellan defeats Lincoln in the US elections.

1865: McClellan passes many bills that give states wide ranging power over internal affairs. Britain dissolves their alliance with the CS when they refuse to abolish slavery.

1866: The first election in the CSA. Independent Robert Lee defeats Whig Alexander Stephens beginning the tradition of non party based elections in the CSA.

1868: The status of Kentucky is finally decided on (It was an independent republic in the civil war): It is to hold a referendum on which country it wants to join or whether to stay independent. Most Kentuckians choose to stay a separate nation.

1869: A pro-Confederate coup happens in Kentucky. When the CSA admits Kentucky with Kentucky still mostly under the old government the US tells the CS to remove troops from Kentucky or go to war.

1870: The CSA leaves Kentucky.