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  1. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    As an alt-political figure he does have a populist presence that is difficult to deny. He had the backing of a powerful potential for machine politics, and he was (and is in WiF) a popular war hero. Despite certain happenings under his command in the West here, he still has this unvarnished...
  2. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    I'm so glad someone remembered them! They're still around and kicking and will become one hell of an international headache in the near future! Lincoln's legacy will long term be more positive this is true. McClellan's is overwhelmingly negative. That will be a big uphill battle for poor Jr...
  3. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    George McClellan Jr. is going to learn a few things from his father at least. Namely, don't trust politicians. He's also going to have the very unenviable task of salvaging his family's reputation. Something he shares with the Lincoln boys. :biggrin: ;) Oh he certainly feels regret. He...
  4. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    Oh he's up to something sketchy...
  5. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond
    Threadmarks: Chapter 137: Baltimore Blues

    Chapter 137: Baltimore Blues “The collusion of members of the United States Army in offering material help to the Fenians was not difficult to foresee. Men in the army had tried to alert Washington about the ties between Fenians and officers hostile to Britain, but it was seen as a minor...
  6. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    Happy Victoria Day to all my Canadian readers! May you be enjoying a nice and quiet day off!
  7. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    There's going to be something that the US will decry as an atrocity, but overall the two sides are working to extricate themselves from a sticky situation. Britain will have her pound of flesh, but in a way that makes things interesting on another side of the world!
  8. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    Oh I absolutely will! Of that you need have no fear! And well... I can say that this particular instance is not going to spiral into war. Those are all pretty apt comparisons! Canada of WiF is going to be a very different place, as we will see, despite John A. Macdonald desperately trying to...
  9. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    Oh yes. Once again, similar to how the US was very alone after the European nations effectively outlawed privateering in 1856, the US is finding itself bereft of anyone who would offer them diplomatic sympathy. Russia? They just put down a major Polish rebellion, and have no sympathy for...
  10. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    A man who disdained politics and politicians being out of his depth is not shocking! Seymour is, by the end of 1867, going to be thoroughly tired of his boss! An apt way to sum it up!
  11. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    On this I will say, pretty spot on. The British are taking a dim view of what is obviously piracy in their home waters, and American citizens be damned. They can (accurately I would assess) claim that the US would be as unmerciful as they intend to be should the same happen in their waters. As...
  12. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    Even OTL the British suspected that there was some American collusion, but here it's been so much worse. Granted, only a little has come from the highest offices in the land. Much more has been through the usual shady dealings of the peacetime army, unscrupulous vendors wanting to see the...
  13. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    Indeed they are. No one actually wants a war, but this is way, way worse than the Fenian raids OTL, to the point Britain has a way larger garrison than they did in the period (closer to 20,000 rather than peaking at about 16,000 OTL) meaning that Britain takes this very seriously. They'll want...
  14. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond
    Threadmarks: Chapter 136: We’re All Americans

    Chapter 136: We’re All Americans “The general emerged from the train at Buffalo in a cloud of cigar smoke. With a regiment of infantry and a company of cavalry at his back, one of the greatest unsung heroes of the Great American War had stepped foot along the frontier to finally settle...
  15. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    The Democrats are certainly working hard to cement themselves as the worst political party in American history through the 1860s... The good news is that the Republican Party can turn themselves around. The bad news is they are essentially fighting a rearguard action against the rising...
  16. EnglishCanuck

    Sequel de Mayo (Cinco de Mayo, Vol. II)

    Poor little Denmark, so far from God, so close to Germany...
  17. EnglishCanuck

    Sequel de Mayo (Cinco de Mayo, Vol. II)

    Ah the naval aspect of this new war. Genuinely one of my favourite things about TTL is the alt naval developments!
  18. EnglishCanuck

    Sequel de Mayo (Cinco de Mayo, Vol. II)

    Oof, what a shit show.
  19. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    London is also aware right now that unecessary martyrs make for revolutionary heroes. The need for justice in Canada will be balanced against the need for peaceful relations with the United States, while also not looking like they aren't willing to go to war should the need arise. It's one of...
  20. EnglishCanuck

    Wrapped in Flames: The Great American War and Beyond

    It's a fine line for the Anglo-Canadians to walk. In Britain the fate of the Fenians deemed pirates will be seen as straight forward, but there's going to be a significant chunk of the Irish-American (and American in general) population who view them as heroes fighting in a just revolutionary...
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