Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

On December 24 and 25, 1864, both sides spent the two days of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in peace.

Just five days before the "Emancipation Proclamation" just promulgated by Lincoln officially came into effect, the North-South War officially started in the early morning of December 26.

In this battle at Fort Frederick, the Army of the Potomac of the Northern Confederate States suffered heavy casualties, while the Army of Northern Virginia of the Southern Confederate States defeated the enemy in exchange for New Year's Day. Peace before arrival.

In this battle, the Northern Federal State suffered a total of 12,600 casualties, of which more than 5,500 were killed, 5,700 were injured, and 1,400 were captured and missing.

The Confederates' total casualties exceeded 5,500, with only 600 dead, 4,000 wounded, and more than 600 captured and missing.

London, England.

“At this point, the territory of the North and the South is once again difficult to change.

The territory currently owned by the Confederate States of America is: 1 South Carolina, 2 Mississippi, 3 Florida, 4 Alabama, 4 Georgia, 6 Louisiana, 7 Texas, 8 Virginia, 9 Arkansas States, 10 Tennessee, 11 North Carolina, 12 Missouri, 13 Kentucky.

The northern Commonwealth of America: 1 Minnesota, 2 Vermont, 3 New Hampshire, 4 Massachusetts, 5 Connecticut, 6 Rhode Island, 7 New York, 8 Pennsylvania, 9 West Virginia, 10 Maryland, 11 Delaware, 12 Ohio, 13 Indiana, 14 Illinois, 15 Missouri, 16 Kansas, 17 Iowa, 18 Wisconsin, 19 Michigan, 20 New Jersey”

British Foreign Secretary Russell has just been summoned to Buckingham Palace by Queen Victoria.

Inside, the Prime Minister, Viscount Palmerston, and the British Crown Prince, Prince Edward, were already there.

As soon as he sat down, he began to be asked about the situation in the United States, so he chose to analyze the current territory of the United States in the north and south first.

"Now that the west has become the target of both sides, can we, the British Empire, take advantage of the fishermen's approach to get some benefits in their west?"

Crown Prince Edward couldn't help but ask. Since Alexandra rejected his love and directly married King William IV of the Netherlands last year, this angered the crown prince of the most powerful country in the world. Although He encouraged the Queen and the Prime Minister to exert various pressures on the Netherlands several times but failed, but when he saw the Netherlands being attacked and defeated by Portugal in West Africa, he felt very happy.

When Denmark was attacked by the German Confederation some time ago, he was even inexplicably happy. Apparently, he secretly hated Denmark for choosing the Netherlands instead of marrying the powerful British Empire. The current situation can be said to be a self-inflicted humiliation.

In other words, although the Netherlands later used this to turn things around and win, after these two ventings with the help of others, Crown Prince Edward's stock of hatred actually became less.

Therefore, Queen Victoria only recently allowed him to participate in more national governance. Just like the British policy on the Schleswig War formulated some time ago, the Queen also brought him to participate in this American conference.

"It's difficult," Russell said: "Although the United States is now directly and intentionally divided between the north and the south by various countries, which makes the north very helpless, it can be regarded as being forced to accept it helplessly. However, Lincoln did not want to bear the reputation of being a divided country, so he was struggling That's all. It can be said that he is trying his best to reduce the loss of territory.

Davis in the south is almost certain that he can occupy more than one, but he doesn't value it that much.

But Lincoln is different. His reputation has been damaged. In terms of future positioning, if the west is occupied by the British again, it will definitely be unacceptable to him. Therefore, now the northern and southern fronts of both sides can stop the evenly matched battle. , but Lincoln was ambitious for the West.

Especially Seward, who represents the big conglomerates in the government support. As Secretary of State, he has never forgotten to lead the American consortium to move westward."

It was precisely because of his strategy of leading the industrial consortium to move westward that the southern slave plantation owners who also wanted to develop the southern model in the west were dissatisfied, and the war broke out.

Therefore, the fall of Britain may actually cause the North and the South to put aside their prejudices and fight against us with the same hatred, and the gains outweigh the losses."

"But, they are very enthusiastic," Crown Prince Edward said unwillingly.

Viscount Palmerston said: "Everything is absolute. The territory belongs to their family. They can argue among themselves to divide the property, but if outsiders want to seize it, do you think their brothers will agree?"

When Crown Prince Edward heard this, he immediately stopped talking. Obviously, this metaphor was appropriate and clear.

Seeing this, Russell said to the Queen: "Now both the North and the South seem to be fighting fiercely in the east and center, but their eyes are fixed on the western states."

Discussions on the situation in the United States are also taking place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Just after everyone will be liberated, the strength of the north and south will be distributed.

Hesbert von: "The southern states are distributed like that, let's talk about the west.

In the western United States, Oregon and California are currently loyal to the Confederate States, while the southern Arizona region is biased towards the Confederate States.

As for the central Indiana region, it is impartial.

The remaining neutral positions include: New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Nebraska, Dakota, etc., which are the areas that both the North and the South are currently fighting for.

Some time ago, the Indiana area was attracted by both sides, and it almost turned into a tug-of-war. Both sides almost sent troops there to start a fight.

Therefore, now that the situation in various regions is unclear, they are unwilling to make an easy decision on which side to favor. "

William IV asked Mark Rudd, Chief of the General Staff of the Ministry of National Defense: "Then if we belong to the south, which area in the west will be the fastest, safest and most effective to attack?"

Mark Rudd didn’t even think about it, he stood up and pointed to the northern part of the western Arizona region:

"Here, if I were Robert Reed, it would be easiest to go directly to this place. It would also make it easier to return to the Arizona region. Moreover, as long as we win here, then for the Southern Confederacy, we will have a direct connection to the Western Pacific. The coast is loyal to the Confederate state of California. If Davis can attack there again, then the South will have the capital to truly challenge the North.

And this place can be used as a springboard to attack many areas in the north, making it the best enclave in the United States."

Including William IV, everyone looked at the location of northern Arizona. Not to mention, it was close to California to the west, Arizona to the south, and Texas to the east of the Confederate States.

The northeast is close to the Indiana region, and the north is the Colorado region, Utah region, and Nevada region.

William IV smiled and said: "Looking at this map, I am actually interested in the future development of the north and the south."

I added a sentence in my mind: Compared with the United States, the superpower that dominated the world in the previous life, and now a divided United States, I am more interested in what their future will be like!