How would the Civil War have played out if the scenario General Longstreet lays out in this video had taken place?https://youtu.be/xycJuqOF0cc?t=345&is=xbK0KzsGrYHjpUz6
God Bless dixielander
Bump
>>18556761Confederates going after cities seems outside their MO
>>18561874Except it wasnt?
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Had he survived, would a unified Confederate States of America have established a stable western front, averted the siege of Vicksburg, and recaptured New Orleans with complete Texan backing?
>>18556761The south had less men, less supplies and a significantly inferior ability to get those supplies where they were needed. The North could have lost Gettysburg and even evacuated Washington, the war would have been lost by the South anyway. If they had attempted further invasion into the North after a victory at Gettysburg they would have seen their supplies cut, themselves surrounded by greater Northern mobility via their rail networks, telegram network and ability to mobilize more men and materiel and Lee's inability to rely on any local knowledge of terrain. Kinda wish they had. War would have been over by January.
>>18556761I fucking love the civil warIt's the proper happening on the American continent. All the other shit always happens in Europe.
>>18563299only proper happening*
>>18563299I guess? But so much of it was just incompetence and it only dragged on as it did because everyone kind of just wanted the South to call it quits without actually having to go down there. And then US Grant and Sherman came along and fucked those southern bitches good and proper. I mean they REALLY kicked their fucking asses. If Federal forces had shown that level of commitment early on the war would have ended in 1862.
What if the Confederate States of America domestically produced needle rifles (early bolt-action) and supplied them to the Army of Northern Virginia from the Richmond-Petersburg industrial region?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-Kn89AusC0
>>18563267The guerrilla warfare would help a lot and Lee letter not interceptedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_qbghvmgVQ
>>18563267If anything, the Union would have been forced to evacuate New Orleans as part of any peace agreement.
>>18560296My baby
>>18564127>>18563681The CSA could have prolonged western campaigns if Nashville or New Orleans was chosen as capital
>>18560296I do ship themhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah%27s_Dixie
>>18559617Copperhead bump
>>185647601. Franklin Buchanan: The Ironclad Sledgehammer (Hit-and-Run)Franklin Buchanan was the most aggressive, combative admiral the South had. Historically, he took the CSS Virginia (Merrimack) straight into the Union fleet at Hampton Roads, and later fought an entire Union squadron alone in Mobile Bay aboard the CSS Tennessee. He did not believe in retreating.The Role: Now place him in command of a mobile, hard-hitting strike squadron of fast, British-engined ironclad rams.The Tactic: Using the steam power and speed denied to him in the real war, Buchanan executes devastating "hit-and-run" sorties. He doesn't get bogged down in long slugfests; instead, his squadron uses the downstream current of the Mississippi or coastal cover to ambush Union blockaders at high speed, ramming wooden hulls, firing heavy Whitworth rifles at close range, and vanishing back into coastal defenses before the Union can bring superior numbers to bear.
>>185656072. Raphael Semmes: The Counter-Blockade Commerce KingRaphael Semmes was the undisputed master of commerce raiding. Commanding the CSS Alabama, he single-handedly crippled the Northern merchant marine, sinking or capturing 65 Union vessels and causing Northern shipping insurance rates to skyrocket.The Role: Semmes is tasked with active counter-blockade operations.The Tactic: Operating out of an open New Orleans port, Semmes doesn't just hunt helpless merchant ships in the Atlantic. Armed with fast, European-built commerce destroyers, he attacks the Union blockade's supply lines. He intercepts Union coal colliers, ammunition ships, and isolated supply vessels heading to the blockading squadrons. By starving the Union ships of coal and fresh water, he forces the blockading fleet to constantly abandon their stations to refuel, effectively breaking the blockade from the outside in.
>>185656093. Commodore John K. Mitchell: The Mississippi GatekeeperHistorically, John K. Mitchell commanded the naval defenses at New Orleans, but he was given a chaotic, unfinished mess of civilian ships and unready ironclads, leading to a breakdown in cooperation with the land forts.The Role: With New Orleans as the capital with shifting "king cotton to corn war economy", Mitchell is given absolute, unified command of the River Defense Fleet.The Tactic: Mitchell plays a purely defensive, calculating game. He integrates his ironclads (CSS Louisiana and CSS Mississippi now fully completed with European parts) directly into the fort networks of Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip. Under his command, these ironclads act as unsinkable floating batteries. Combined with the galvanically triggered electric minefields and heavy shore artillery, Mitchell turns the mouth of the Mississippi into an absolute death trap. No Union fleet, not even David Farragut's, can run past this unified wall of fire.
>>18556761The virginians still probably would have got fucked up from scott’s blockade and anaconda plan
This proposal shifts the macro-strategy into high gear. By establishing New Orleans as the political center, you secure a maritime-diplomatic capital. Meanwhile, designating Richmond as a fortress city under Robert E. Lee specifically dedicated to high-tech domestic manufacturing, creates a terrifying industrial-military axis.The introduction of the Prussian Dreyse needle gun (or a local variant) into the Richmond-Petersburg industrial ecosystem completely rewrites tactical infantry combat.1. The Weaponry Revolution: The Richmond Needle GunThe standard infantryman in 1861 carried a muzzle-loading rifle, firing roughly 2 to 3 rounds per minute while standing fully upright (exposing themselves to enemy fire).By executing a manufacturing contract with Prussia, the Tredegar Iron Works and the Richmond/Petersburg arsenals alter the tactical landscape:The Rate of Fire Multiplier: A breech-loading needle gun allows an infantryman to fire 10 to 12 rounds per minute. More importantly, they can reload while lying prone or behind breastworks.The Sumpter Delay Dividend: Because your strategy avoided the early Fort Sumter clash, Richmond's factories have precious extra months to re-tool machinery, import the specialized drill presses required for the bolt mechanism, and establish standard tolerances before a blockade tightens.The Logistical Bottleneck (Paper Cartridges): Unlike later metallic-cartridge repeating rifles (like the Spencer or Henry) which required advanced copper-rolling mills the South entirely lacked, the needle gun utilizes a combustible paper cartridge. Richmond's paper mills and chemistry labs can manufacture these domestically using local nitrated paper, black powder, recycle old penny, and cast lead.
>>185657312. Lee’s Doctrine: "Dixie Defender of the East"With the political capital safely in New Orleans, Robert E. Lee is freed from the political nightmare of defending government offices. Richmond is now strictly a fortified industrial zone.Lee's Army of Northern Virginia becomes the ultimate defensive key fortified.The Trench and Bolt-Action Synergy: Lee was already a master of field fortifications (historically nicknamed the "King of Spades"). If he place rapid-firing needle guns into the hands of Confederate troops dug into deep earthworks around the Richmond-Petersburg line, Union frontal assaults become utterly suicidal. A single Confederate regiment could output the firepower of an entire brigade.Complementary Arms: While elite shock units and trench defenders receive the newly manufactured needle guns, the mass of the army uses imported British Enfields and Austrian Lorenz rifled muskets. This two-tier system ensures that weapon supply keeps pace with mobilization artillery.
>>18563285I can easily see a Napoleon retreat from Moscow moment for Lee. At least the Confederates would be marching through more hospitable conditions on their way back South.>>18563481Would've been nice. President Davis was too hamstrung by his ideology to do the needful most of the time. He would have probably rejected this too. He had an opportunity to deploy General Forrest to harass Sherman's supply lines, but couldn't bring himself to turn a wild hillbilly Scots Irish boy loose. Simply too soft for the job.
>>18557908The victorious Confederacy build their version of Lady Liberty on Fort Sumter or Castle Pinckney.
2021 was worst year. Vote petitions change back.
God and General was great film alongside Alamo.
>>18556761Kidnap Lincoln and his wife venezuelan style after bull run.
>>18564625-of Anne Frank and me
