From page 42: “One important oversight was corrected, however.Interesting “adjustments” in the Confederate Constitution An interesting piece for an alternate history. A new Pacific nation would certainly have mad getting the Union back together difficult.New Jersey was talking succession so was California, which along with Oregon was considering the establishment of a new Pacific nation so, even, was New York City, which beside being Southern in sentiment would have much to gain from independence.” From page 43: “…Lincoln was confronted with division even among the states that had stayed loyal. Other states and even NYC talked about seceding from the Union Next post: Chapter 2 Volume One: Chapter 1: Prologue As I’m reading Shelby Foote’s incredible The Civil War: A Narrative, these are my notes on the points I may have forgotten from before or new pieces I’ve learned.
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