1863 - The South Wins

This is a 'What If' book on how the South could have won the Civil War. By the time of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, the South had one million adult slaves. These slaves wanted to fight for the South. They wanted to help build railroads, nurse the wounded, and build ironclads that would free the Mississippi River of Yankee gunboats. At least 100,000 adult slaves could be trained to fight under strong CSA army leaders in the West like Nathan B. Forrest and Pat Cleburne. The Civil War is a naval struggle as well as a land struggle. If the South utilized their slave resources, they may beat Grant's Army of the Mississippi, Rosecrans's Army of the Tennessee, and Hooker's Army of the Potomac. The South would also win Great Britain's favor and be able to buy two Hi-Tech Battle Cruisers that were more advanced than any Union gunboat. Read how increasing the size of the Southern armies with trained Black recruits, increasing the Southern naval power, and placing strong leaders in charge of CSA Western Armies turn the tide in 1863.