BURNISHED ROWS OF STEEL: The Great North American War, 1861-

[tfsmith121]

Yep.

Interesting, isn't it?

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[lordroel]

Jul 27, 2016 5:09:01 GMT tfsmith121 said:

Yep.

Interesting, isn't it?

Best,

But i wonder how the Irish regiments in the CSA might react, they just become semi-allies with a country who many have fled from.

Can only find one real Irish regiment in the Confederate Army, the 10th Tennessee Infantry Regiment of Volunteers (Irish) and than there was the "McMillan's Guards", Company K of the 24th Georgia Volunteer Infantry who i remember seeing during the movie Gods and Generals where they during the Battle of Fredericksburg on December 13th of 1862 engaged the New York's "Irish Brigade" who made a failed but gallant charge against Confederate fortifications.

[tfsmith121]

The thing to remember is the American South was not especially attractive to,poor and working class European immigrants in the antebellum era, for obvious reasons.

Slavery was the biggest deterrent, of course, but the lack of land in the South (as opposed to the north and west) for Europeans with ambitions of building farms in the US, and the lack of industrialized and growing cities in the South (exactly one of the ten largest US cities was in a rebel state in 1861) and it becomes even less attractive. The American south was stagnant, in more ways then one.

But yes, the the likely reactions of European-born southerners to the entry of the "ancient enemy" into such a conflict in 1862 should be considered. Same holds true to a degree for at least some of the Queen's subjects in British North America, of course. Lot of BNAers of Irish and French ancestry would presumably have a second thought about risking life or limb for the sassenach or les Anglais.

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[lordroel]

Jul 28, 2016 2:37:47 GMT tfsmith121 said:

The thing to remember is the American South was not especially attractive to,poor and working class European immigrants in the antebellum era, for obvious reasons.

Slavery was the biggest deterrent, of course, but the lack of land in the South (as opposed to the north and west) for Europeans with ambitions of building farms in the US, and the lack of industrialized and growing cities in the South (exactly one of the ten largest US cities was in a rebel state in 1861) and it becomes even less attractive. The American south was stagnant, in more ways then one.

But yes, the the likely reactions of European-born southerners to the entry of the "ancient enemy" into such a conflict in 1862 should be considered. Same holds true to a degree for at least some of the Queen's subjects in British North America, of course. Lot of BNAers of Irish and French ancestry would presumably have a second thought about risking life or limb for the sassenach or les Anglais.

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There is probably not much they can do about it i think or am i wrong.

[tfsmith121]

Nope. Getting significant numbers of people to move TO the American South is a very recent phenomenon that requires A) the end of slavery; B) Democrats being elected to the presidency; and C) air-conditioning.

You know William T. Sherman's line about Texas, right?

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[lordroel]

Jul 29, 2016 5:42:13 GMT tfsmith121 said:

Nope. Getting significant numbers of people to move TO the American South is a very recent phenomenon that requires A) the end of slavery; B) Democrats being elected to the presidency; and C) air-conditioning.

You know William T. Sherman's line about Texas, right?

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Could pick the one you are talking about out of this entire page with his Quotes.

[tfsmith121]

If I owned hell and Texas, I'd live in Hell and rent out Texas.

[lordroel]

Jul 31, 2016 4:42:32 GMT tfsmith121 said:

If I owned hell and Texas, I'd live in Hell and rent out Texas.

That is a nice quote.

[tfsmith121]

To everyone in the US but Texans.

Although to be fair, there are some of us who live or have lived in the Lone Star State who feel the same way, at times. There are some beautiful places and great people, but there's a fair amount of a whole lot of empty as well, physically and intellectually.

That being said, Austin remains weird (for Texas, at least) in the best ways, much of the Gulf Coast is achingly beautiful, and both the Hill Country and the Big Bend are lovely, in vastly different ways.

Like anywhere else, there are also places that are acquired tastes at best and some where one can understand why most young people can't wait to leave...

Janis Joplin and Port Arthur is not a new thing, of course, and was not even in the 1950s-60s.

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[tfsmith121]

Have now posted Part 1 of Chapter 8, set mostly in August, 1862; one flash-forward to 1882. Visits to the Oklahoma Territory, the battle of Richland Creek in Tennessee (AS Johnston's high tide), Fort Knox (on the Penobscot), and the British "Second Front." Various characters show up, including the author of Company Aytch.

warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/32621?page=9#.V56hlo-cGM8

link

Enjoy.

[lordroel]

Aug 1, 2016 2:40:28 GMT tfsmith121 said:

Have now posted Part 1 of Chapter 8, set mostly in August, 1862; one flash-forward to 1882. Visits to the Oklahoma Territory, the battle of Richland Creek in Tennessee (AS Johnston's high tide), Fort Knox (on the Penobscot), and the British "Second Front." Various characters show up, including the author of Company Aytch.

warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/32621?page=9#.V56hlo-cGM8

link

Enjoy.

Another great update, it seems that the United States is being tested to it fullest.

[tfsmith121]

Thanks - I tried to leave as many questions with the "1882" section as were answered, however. Having some fun with the writing.

[lordroel]

Aug 1, 2016 3:53:36 GMT tfsmith121 said:

Thanks - I tried to leave as many questions with the "1882" section as were answered, however. Having some fun with the writing.

Why was the war named the Anglo-American War and not the Great American War.

Does the United Kingdom send military hardware to the confederacy to bolster them.

[tfsmith121]

Conflicts tend to get different appellations based on who is writing about them... The different "authors" represented in BROS tend to have differing perspectives, ableist as much as I can portray them.

As far as British arms supplies to the rebels, there were historically, so that would only increase as allies, but the realities of the internal transportation networks in the rebel states were not great. That would not change in a BROS-type of conflict.

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[lordroel]

Aug 1, 2016 13:41:56 GMT tfsmith121 said:

Conflicts tend to get different appellations based on who is writing about them... The different "authors" represented in BROS tend to have differing perspectives, ableist as much as I can portray them.

As far as British arms supplies to the rebels, there were historically, so that would only increase as allies, but the realities of the internal transportation networks in the rebel states were not great. That would not change in a BROS-type of conflict.

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Does the Royal Navy also use Confederacy ports in order to enforce the blockade or do they only operate from Canada.

Also you mention that the Royal Navy operated against the Americans in locations as far afield as Key West, did they only raid Key West becuase taking it would be a good base for the Royal Navy to uses in enforcing the blockade.