Re: [DL] What happened to the Union?

[Brom Clancy <spleen23@webtrolls.com>]

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---- deadlands@gamerz.net wrote:
> Now, looking overy my map of the Deadlands world, 
I'm truly perplexed. 
> Looking over Tales o' Terror: 1877, I'm even more 
perplexed...
> 
> What Happened to the Union? > 
> 

I think the main thing that happened to the union is 
that the recongners tipped the balance of a few 
battles to prolong the war to the point that the 
people of the union has just lost the will to support 
the war.
 
> And then there's Detroit. 
> 
> The British couldn't possibly have enough forces in 
Canada to challenge the 
> Union, which is, population and industry wise, a 
600 pound Gorilla. It's 
> unlikely enough that Britain would have ever 
recognized the CSA (They needed 
> the US more than they needed the CSA's cotton), but 
that's fairly acceptable. 
> But attacking the Union? Mind-bogglingly unlikely 
and very risky. I don't buy 
> that the Union couldn't take Detroit back, either.  
> 

I think I remember reading somewhere that the british 
forces that are occupy detroit were formally 
stationed in africa and are useing that same control 
tactics as they did there, shooting civilian hostages 
in retaliation to attacks on british troops.
I cannot see the union tolerating such atrocities or 
even the occupation of american soil by a british 
troops even without such action, with such actions I 
would question even confederate approval.
For a opposing view of british troops invading 
america during the cival war, and how both sides 
might react, try reading turtledove's "stars and 
stripes in peril".

While I agree with other post that the brits are a 
major power at the time of deadlands and could easily 
take the union in coperation with the confederatecy, 
I would have to point out that the brits are built up 
as a power for a reason. The brits are a empire with 
a whole world of small subject nations who would like 
to rebel, as well as a number of other nations who 
would love to take a bit out of the brit powerbase by 
destroying british ships and troops, or taking 
british soil. The brits can not commit too much of 
its power to a land war in which they themselves are 
only periphally involved.

Plus the brits are a conquering empire, If I was a 
citizen of the confederation I would be a bit nervous 
of a massive millitary conquest of the union by the 
brits, with the british holding canada, and major 
parts of the industrial union it would only be a 
matter of time before they started looking for things 
to do with their troops further south.