Southern Victory

For the alternate-history concept of the CSA breaking away from the USA, see American Civil War alternate histories.
Southern Victory
AuthorHarry Turtledove
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreAlternate history
Published1997–2007

The Southern Victory series or Timeline-191 is a series of eleven alternate history novels by author Harry Turtledove, beginning with How Few Remain (1997) and published over a decade. In the series, the Confederate States defeats the United States of America in the American Civil War, making good its attempt at secession and becoming an independent nation. Subsequent books build on this alternate timeline through the mid-1940s.

The secondary name is derived from General Robert E. Lee's Special Order 191, which detailed the C.S. Army of Northern Virginia's invasion of the Union through the border state of Maryland in September 1862. Union soldiers found a copy of the order on September 13, which helped General George B. McClellan of the Army of the Potomac prevail over Lee at the Battle of Antietam. Turtledove creates a divergence by positing that the Union does not find the order.

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