Recent content by EnglishCanuck

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...

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!

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Oof, what a shit show.

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...

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...

I think you're taking those alternate histories a wee bit too literally. Generally one could make the argument that the US has already collapsed with the Confederacy becoming independent. But that would be a touch hyperbolic. However, the United States of WiF is not on track to become the global...

Oh no he is not! That he does not even understand just how deep the roots of the collusion his government participated in is certainly a damning indictment (as though more were needed) of his control over the nation. The left hand has no clue there even is a right hand in this case! He's soon...

There are indeed! Much is going to depend on how Ireland is treated moving into the 20th century and whether Britain brings the heel of subjugation down, or whether they try to mollify the Irish people in the next few decades. That said, with the longer living Lord Palmerston, that may be...