Quickdraw101
Beware My Power-Green Lantern's Light
On January 1st, 2020, a multitude of bright flashes are reported across the United States, both east and west. When the lightshow ceases, highway networks and rail lines are found severed throughout the country. Power lines and communications networks with a number of states are no longer working. Only certain states are still able to contact and communicate with each other. With a rapid mobilization of the National Guard and state police forces, its soon found out that much of the old America they knew is longer around. Some of the remaining states report being next door to each other, while others are well over 1,000 miles away. After a week of investigation, they soon find that 11 American states have been sent back in time to the November of 1861. The following states are:
Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Vermont, and West Virginia. With these following states being yanked from the modern day, and being sent more than 150 years in the past, how well can they handle being cut off from modern trade? How quickly can they end the newly born American civil war? How will both the governments of the USA and CSA react upon realizing they both lost territory, and are faced with their 21st century descendants? How will the empires of Europe react to these new developments once word reaches them?
Bonus Scenario: The 1861 versions of those states are places into modern America. How quickly will it take to bring them back into the Union, and how will states like Oklahoma be handled, given the situation with Native American tribes at the time?
Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Vermont, and West Virginia. With these following states being yanked from the modern day, and being sent more than 150 years in the past, how well can they handle being cut off from modern trade? How quickly can they end the newly born American civil war? How will both the governments of the USA and CSA react upon realizing they both lost territory, and are faced with their 21st century descendants? How will the empires of Europe react to these new developments once word reaches them?
Bonus Scenario: The 1861 versions of those states are places into modern America. How quickly will it take to bring them back into the Union, and how will states like Oklahoma be handled, given the situation with Native American tribes at the time?