westvirginiarebel
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Post by westvirginiarebel on Jan 17, 2016 6:29:22 GMT
WI Grant had died during the war? Does Sherman take over? Who is the Republican nominee in 1868 if there is no Grant?
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Post by Epic History on Jan 18, 2016 4:13:13 GMT
It depends upon how Grant dies so that we may guess the effects. In 1864, I think the Wilderness and North Anna present the best opportunities and could change the entire dynamic of the war. Assuming a later death from a random fall off a horse or something though, the one thing that jumps out to me is the US capital moving to Chicago or St. Louis maybe. Grant in OTL stopped that because of the casualties the AotP took defending Washington.
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Post by futurist on Oct 15, 2018 23:30:17 GMT
It depends upon how Grant dies so that we may guess the effects. In 1864, I think the Wilderness and North Anna present the best opportunities and could change the entire dynamic of the war. Assuming a later death from a random fall off a horse or something though, the one thing that jumps out to me is the US capital moving to Chicago or St. Louis maybe. Grant in OTL stopped that because of the casualties the AotP took defending Washington. It's news to me that the U.S. seriously considered moving its capital back in the early 1860s!
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