Desert Kid
2nd Lieutenant
- Joined
- Dec 3, 2011
- Location
- Arizona
I guess this needs touched on. The 1867 Confederate Presidential Election.
The circumstances of it really depend on what kind of victory the CSA attains, an early 1862 victory still infrastructural intact, or an economically devastated 1864 attrition victory with a lot of forced industrialization.
Either way, that election is going to break into Pro and Anti-Davis camps. And very likely the birth of political parties. With some politicians jumping in as spoiler candidates.
I think in any given scenario, Davis had been preening John C. Breckinridge to be his successor. The opposition, being of the Stephens-Toombs wing of Deep South Democrats and Fire-Eaters will try to whip up a distinguished political foe of Davis to their ticket. PGT Beauregard is the prime guy to do it.
The primary issues of that election will be basically a referendum on Davis' presidency in the wake of a successful, but very costly war. Balancing State's Rights and Confederate Nationalism. And politics will break along Upper South (Pro-Davis) and Deep South (Anti-Davis) lines. Standardization of the railroads for national defense, putting down slave rebellions in formerly occupied areas. Reforming the Confederate Army and Navy with lessons learned during the war. Breckinridge, Lee, Morgan, Forrest, Hardee, Longstreet and Johnston will be the foremost voices of a complete overhaul of Confederate command structure and logistics to compete with the Yankees. Turning VMI and the Citadel into national military academies to compete with West Point.
The circumstances of it really depend on what kind of victory the CSA attains, an early 1862 victory still infrastructural intact, or an economically devastated 1864 attrition victory with a lot of forced industrialization.
Either way, that election is going to break into Pro and Anti-Davis camps. And very likely the birth of political parties. With some politicians jumping in as spoiler candidates.
I think in any given scenario, Davis had been preening John C. Breckinridge to be his successor. The opposition, being of the Stephens-Toombs wing of Deep South Democrats and Fire-Eaters will try to whip up a distinguished political foe of Davis to their ticket. PGT Beauregard is the prime guy to do it.
The primary issues of that election will be basically a referendum on Davis' presidency in the wake of a successful, but very costly war. Balancing State's Rights and Confederate Nationalism. And politics will break along Upper South (Pro-Davis) and Deep South (Anti-Davis) lines. Standardization of the railroads for national defense, putting down slave rebellions in formerly occupied areas. Reforming the Confederate Army and Navy with lessons learned during the war. Breckinridge, Lee, Morgan, Forrest, Hardee, Longstreet and Johnston will be the foremost voices of a complete overhaul of Confederate command structure and logistics to compete with the Yankees. Turning VMI and the Citadel into national military academies to compete with West Point.