Civil War Alternate History

The American Civil War: Following the election of anti-slavery President-elect Abraham Lincoln, the Southern States of South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas have all officially left the United States of America. Lincoln follows up with the call for a 75,000-soldier army to be levied to invade the South and suppress the breakaway states. The move is quickly followed by Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee, which have not yet seceded, to join the Confederacy rather than supply troops to fight their Southern neighbors.

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In this, the first volume of renowned author and historian Peter G. Tsouras’s alternative history trilogy, Great Britain’s support for the Confederacy takes it to the brink of war with the Union. The escape of a British-built Confederate ironclad finally ignites the heap of combustible animosities and national interests. When the US Navy seizes it in British waters, the ensuing battle spirals into all-out war. Napoleon III eagerly joins the British and declares war on the United States.

MacKinlay Kantor, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and master storyteller, shows us how the South could have won the Civil War, how two small shifts in history (as we know it) in the summer of 1863 could have turned the tide for the Confederacy. What would have happened: to the Union, to Abraham Lincoln, to the people of the North and South, to the world?

What if pro-slavery Democrats kept their party united and won the election of 1860? What if Jefferson Davis became President of a pro-slavery Union, while Abraham Lincoln must decide whether to fight for a new birth of freedom outside it? In this alternate history, there will be no secession of the South. But what about the anti-slavery men in the North? Will the United States, now styled “The Confederate Union,” still be their country? “Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that ...

Alternate history on an epic scale. Drew McGunn continues the acclaimed Lone Star Reloaded series with a high-stakes European gambit.He was a Ranger, forged on the battlefields of Mexico and East Texas. Europe's war was supposed to be observed, not survived. Colonel Jesse Running Creek—veteran commander, hero of the Republic — is dispatched to Paris on the eve of the Franco-Prussian War. His mission: navigate the treacherous currents of French diplomacy, secure a controversial arms deal, and report on the terrifying new face of European warfare, from deadly Prussian artillery to Texas's...

In a plan so daring as to seem impossible, a group of Confederate cavalrymen set out to seize the train carrying Lincoln to Gettysburg and kidnap — or kill— the President. The outcome of this mile-a-minute, stream-driven race will decide not only the fate of Lincoln and the raiders, but also of the Union and Confederacy.

The Crisis of the House Never United chronicles an alternate early American history through the eyes of Aaron Burr, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and a rich cast of supporting characters trying to make their way in tumultuous times, navigating rebellion, resentment, and foreign intrigue. As Americans grappled with how best to govern themselves, it was a time of maximum danger and heated passions when men were not yet sure as to whether ballots or bullets would decide the fates of governments. The infant America was organized under the Articles of Confederation, a weak system of national ...

Journey to the heart of the Deep South in 1824, where love knows no boundaries and destiny defies tradition. When William Montgomery inherits his family's sprawling plantation, he is thrust into a world of privilege and power he never wanted. But when he witnesses his childhood friend Emma being brutalized by his overseer, William's impulsive act sends shockwaves through their society, challenging the very fabric of their reality. As Emma's intellect sparks a revolution within the confines of the plantation, her bond with William transcends the rules of their time, evolving into a forbidden...

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A Rainbow of Blood continues the epic, exciting story that began in Peter G. Tsouras’s previous alternate history, Britannia’s Fist. The Great War accelerates during a few desperate weeks in October 1863. From the bayous of Louisiana to the green hills of the Hudson Valley, from Chicago in flames to the gates of Washington itself, the conflict uncoils in ropes of fire. French and British armies are on the march, and heavy reinforcements have put to sea.

In the seven years since he was stranded in 1836 in the body of William Barret Travis, Will Travers has managed to win Texas independence without the costly massacres he recalled from his own history and forge a peace treaty with the Comanche. As 1843 dawns he faces his greatest challenge yet. Mexico has renewed its war of reconquest. A new general is in charge of Mexico’s army, bringing new strategies to blunt Will’s modern tactics and superior weapons. To counter this new threat, thousands of men from towns and farms across the Republic of Texas volunteer to defend their hard-earned ...

Imagine an alternate future where a single person's death in the past leads to the creation of a totally different future to the one we know.

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A soldier from a broken future. A war that shaped history. A mission that could destroy time itself. In 2120, the world is trapped under the iron grip of the Douglas Regime, a totalitarian government that rose from the ashes of a war-ravaged past. Jack Murphy, a battle-hardened resistance fighter, is given an impossible mission—travel back to 1863 and alter history before the seeds of the regime are ever planted. His target: General Robert Sinclair, a brilliant Confederate tactician whose wartime victories will set in motion a chain of events leading to a dystopian nightmare. But ...

Stranded in the past in 1836, Will Travers woke up in the body of William Barret Travis, commander of the doomed Alamo command, and did what any self-respecting Texan would do when handed a bag of lemons: He made lemonade - defeating Santa Anna's army, twice, forging a lasting peace with the Comanche and rescuing his son from a band of kidnappers. Sixteen years later and just months after he wins the presidency of the Republic of Texas, Will faces the worst crisis of his life. The young republic is being torn apart by civil war. On paper, it appears Will holds all the cards: The rebels are ...

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Reflect tells the story of Larry Harris, who one day discovers a seemingly innocent connection to the past in the lake water behind his home. But, he soon finds that connection may not be so innocent, and the Civil War past it represents may not be set in stone. Larry’s current reality is at stake, as is that of those around him. The authors, Professor Umar Muhammad and Dr. Mark Janas, both faculty members at a university in North Carolina, had worked together for a decade in minor league sports and at the university before partnering on their latest project. Janas, a budding science ...

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