American Civil War Game Club (ACWGC)

Thoughts on a modded scenario post ACW. Would be set in 1866 or 67, with some sort of European vrs American conflict (either in NA or Europe). Just as a fun "what if" so you could play as the Americans with a unique army set up with surviving Ex-Confederate and Union commanders and troops volunteering to fight this new threat, side by side. What if Grant had Longstreet as a corps commander ect...

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Lt Keller
3rd Brigade
4th Division
5th Corps
AotP

The closest I can think of is the Blair proposal in 1865 to halt the war and unite the country to fight the French in Mexico. Obviously, Lincoln had no interest in this. My history is a bit rusty but that's the general remembrance I have.

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Gen. Blake Strickler
Confederate General-in-Chief
El Presidente 2010 - 2012

Had such a conflict occurred I suspect a good number of former Confederates may well have fought side by side with their former foe. As it was, Americans remained busy fighting 'at home' in the American Indian Wars. Needless to say, a good number of former Confederates were part of the US army during those numerous conflicts although, to the best of my limited knowledge, not usually in command positions.
That changed as time progressed. For example, in the Spanish-American War 1898 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War) who do we see in the list of American Commanders? None other than "Fighting Joe' Wheeler and Robert E. Lee's nephew and famed CSA cavalry commander, Fitzhugh Lee.

Fitzhugh Lee (centre of photograph)



Joseph Wheeler (in front, third from left)




As another personage in the second photograph would say: Bully! Bully!

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Paul Swanson
Lieutenant-General
First Division
First Corps
Army of Northern Virginia