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** Lee himself gets one of these, freeing his own slaves and being the [[spoiler:Confederate president who abolishes slavery.]]. According to historical accounts, he was a cruel shave owner who [[http://fair-use.org/national-anti-slavery-standard/1866/04/14/robert-e-lee-his-brutality-to-his-slaves had his slaves whipped and their wounds soaked in brine]].
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** Lee himself gets one of these, freeing his own slaves and being the [[spoiler:Confederate president who abolishes slavery.]]. According to historical accounts, he was a cruel shave owner slaveholder who [[http://fair-use.org/national-anti-slavery-standard/1866/04/14/robert-e-lee-his-brutality-to-his-slaves had his slaves whipped and their wounds soaked in brine]].
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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: While the second Act of the novel treats him as the primary antagonist, Nathan Bedford Forrest receives surprisingly sympathetic treatment for being a founder of the Ku Klux Klan (which he noticeably ''doesn't'' do in the revised timeline, given that the South wins, although his political supporters "[[IncrediblyLamePun Forrest's Trees]]" wear similar outfits as an AllohistoricalAllusion).
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** While the second Act of the novel treats him as the primary antagonist, Nathan Bedford Forrest receives surprisingly sympathetic treatment for being a founder of the Ku Klux Klan (which he noticeably ''doesn't'' do in the revised timeline, given that the South wins, although his political supporters "[[IncrediblyLamePun Forrest's Trees]]" wear similar outfits as anAllohistoricalAllusion).AllohistoricalAllusion).
** Lee himself gets one of these, freeing his own slaves and being the [[spoiler:Confederate president who abolishes slavery.]]. According to historical accounts, he was a cruel shave owner who [[http://fair-use.org/national-anti-slavery-standard/1866/04/14/robert-e-lee-his-brutality-to-his-slaves had his slaves whipped and their wounds soaked in brine]].
** While the second Act of the novel treats him as the primary antagonist, Nathan Bedford Forrest receives surprisingly sympathetic treatment for being a founder of the Ku Klux Klan (which he noticeably ''doesn't'' do in the revised timeline, given that the South wins, although his political supporters "[[IncrediblyLamePun Forrest's Trees]]" wear similar outfits as an
** Lee himself gets one of these, freeing his own slaves and being the [[spoiler:Confederate president who abolishes slavery.]]. According to historical accounts, he was a cruel shave owner who [[http://fair-use.org/national-anti-slavery-standard/1866/04/14/robert-e-lee-his-brutality-to-his-slaves had his slaves whipped and their wounds soaked in brine]].
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Andries Rhoodie is killed when one of his slaves stabs him in the throat with a broken bottle. The Confederates soldiers present ignore the law and let the slave go, having learned how horribly Rhoodie (and indeed most of AWB) treated their slaves; one soldier even remarks [[KickTheSonOfABitch "Reckon the son of a bitch had it coming."]] ]]
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Andries Rhoodie is killed when one of his slaves stabs him in the throat with a broken bottle. The Confederates soldiers present ignore the law and let the slave go, having learned how horribly Rhoodie (and indeed most of AWB) treated their slaves; one soldier even remarks [[KickTheSonOfABitch "Reckon the son of a bitch had it coming."]] ]]"]]
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** During the final battle between the Confederates and the AWB, a wounded Benny Lang gets caught with a walkie talkie; rather than handing it over to his captors, he defiantly smashes it to pieces against a nearby rock. Nate Caudell wonders to himself if he would have been brave enough to do the same thing had the roles been reversed.
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** During the final battle between the Confederates and the AWB, a wounded Benny Lang gets caught with a walkie talkie; rather than handing it over to his captors, he defiantly smashes it to pieces against a nearby rock. Nate Caudell wonders to himself if he would have been brave enough to do the same thing had the roles been reversed.
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* VillainRespect: In the run-up to the election, Nate meets Forrest and Forrest asks if Nate will vote for him. Nate says that he'll stand by Lee, whom he followed to Washington. Forrest gives him a nod of approval, saying that it's nice to meet a man whose loyal and not afraid to show it.
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* TheDreaded: Nathan Bedford Forrest strikes fear into the heart of all men, black and white.
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* TheDreaded: Nathan Bedford Forrest strikes fear into the heart of all men, black and white. His HotBlooded nature and unrefined ways are big part of it, as nobody can be ever sure what the general will do when angered.
* MadeASlave:
** General Forrest's plan to deal with the ongoing former slave rebellion is to simply kill anyone resisting and recapture any survivors back into chains. The infeasibility of such action becomes a major plot point.
** [[spoiler: In an ironic twist of fate, the AWB men, who first showed up in the past to preserve the Confederacy as a slave-owning state, end up TrappedInThePast and given a "choice": death by hanging for treason and political assasination, or being reduced to enslaved technicians and experts on as much future knowledge and technology as they can explain. Benny Lang even points out the similarity of the Germans captured by the Soviets after the [=WW2=]]].
** General Forrest's plan to deal with the ongoing former slave rebellion is to simply kill anyone resisting and recapture any survivors back into chains. The infeasibility of such action becomes a major plot point.
** [[spoiler: In an ironic twist of fate, the AWB men, who first showed up in the past to preserve the Confederacy as a slave-owning state, end up TrappedInThePast and given a "choice": death by hanging for treason and political assasination, or being reduced to enslaved technicians and experts on as much future knowledge and technology as they can explain. Benny Lang even points out the similarity of the Germans captured by the Soviets after the [=WW2=]]].
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* StupidEvil: The AWB take their bigotry and cruelty to outright self-destructive levels. They buy up all of the slaves on auction purely to torture them for their own sadistic satisfaction, and when Lee refuses to buy into their turboracist rhetoric, [[spoiler:they try to kill him, erasing any goodwill the Confederacy had towards them for their part in winning the Civil War and turning public opinion against slavery]].
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* StupidEvil: The AWB take their bigotry and cruelty to outright self-destructive levels. They buy up all of the slaves on auction purely to torture them for their own sadistic satisfaction, and when Lee refuses to buy into their turboracist rhetoric, [[spoiler:they try to kill him, erasing any goodwill the Confederacy had towards them for their part in winning the Civil War and turning public opinion against slavery]]. This is even lampshaded in-universe, where Lee is taken aback by the fact that ABW considers both fanaticism and radicalism to be valour rather than a hindrance to whatever cause a man could stand to, contrasting with his pragmatic attitude of a career officer.
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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: The Notahilton (Not A Hilton).
* SweetPollyOliver: Mollie Bean, who disguises herself as a man to serve in the Confederate army. She returns to the guise when the CSA takes on the AWB and her commander's reaction ("Haven't you grown a beard yet?") makes it clear he (and most of the rest of their squad) had figured out she was a woman but kept quiet out of respect for her bravery (plus the fact she keeps up her old profession of prostitution).
* SweetPollyOliver: Mollie Bean, who disguises herself as a man to serve in the Confederate army. She returns to the guise when the CSA takes on the AWB and her commander's reaction ("Haven't you grown a beard yet?") makes it clear he (and most of the rest of their squad) had figured out she was a woman but kept quiet out of respect for her bravery (plus the fact she keeps up her old profession of prostitution).
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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: The Notahilton (Not ([[DontExplainTheJoke Not A Hilton).
Hilton]]).
* SweetPollyOliver: Mollie Bean, who disguises herself as a man to serve in the Confederate army. She returns to the guise when the CSA takes on the AWB and her commander's reaction ("Haven't you grown a beard yet?") makes it clear he (and most of the rest of their squad) had figured out she was a woman but kept quiet out of respect for her bravery (plus the fact she keeps up her old profession of prostitution). The only person truly fooled is [[spoiler: President Lee, as he has only a single interaction with "Melvin"]] - and even he can spot the holes and inconsistencies in the story he's told.
* SweetPollyOliver: Mollie Bean, who disguises herself as a man to serve in the Confederate army. She returns to the guise when the CSA takes on the AWB and her commander's reaction ("Haven't you grown a beard yet?") makes it clear he (and most of the rest of their squad) had figured out she was a woman but kept quiet out of respect for her bravery (plus the fact she keeps up her old profession of prostitution). The only person truly fooled is [[spoiler: President Lee, as he has only a single interaction with "Melvin"]] - and even he can spot the holes and inconsistencies in the story he's told.
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* IOweYouMyLife: The reason Henry Pleasants is so loyal to Nate Caudell, as he explains later. Pleasants [[DeathByChildbirth lost his wife in childbirth]], later joining the Army [[DeathSeeker in the hopes that he'd be killed]] and [[TogetherInDeath could join her in the next life]]. Caudell showing up and convincing him to move South gave him a new purpose in life, as well as the chance to deal with the pain of losing his family in a more constructive manner.
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* IOweYouMyLife: The reason Henry Pleasants is so loyal to Nate Caudell, as he explains later. Pleasants [[DeathByChildbirth lost his wife in childbirth]], later joining the Army [[DeathSeeker in the hopes that he'd be killed]] and [[TogetherInDeath could join her in the next life]]. Caudell showing up and convincing him to move South gave him a new purpose in life, as well as the chance to deal with the pain of losing his family in a more constructive manner.
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* IOweYouMyLife: InSpiteOfANail: The reason Henry Pleasants is so loyal to Nate Caudell, as he explains later. Pleasants [[DeathByChildbirth lost his wife in childbirth]], later joining the Army [[DeathSeeker Rivington men get involved in the hopes that he'd be killed]] presidential election, offering Nathan Bedford Forrest not only their personal and [[TogetherInDeath could join her in the next life]]. Caudell showing up and convincing him to move South gave him a new purpose in life, as well as the chance to deal with the pain of losing his family in a financial support but, more constructive manner.importantly, modern-day campaigning (and smearing) techniques to sweep the tide of the election. This greatly expands the support for the otherwise very narrow political platform of Forrest - but still not enough to win against General Lee, who sticks to the contemporary, indirect campaigning but has a far less radical platform, tacking over many more issues than just the "one drum" of slavery.
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* GivingRadioToTheRomans: Actually the inspiration for the book as a whole; Turtledove mentions that fellow author Creator/TanithLee described the cover of her latest novel as being as incongruous as "Robert E. Lee with an Uzi", and decided to explain how such a thing could happen. [[spoiler: It is also largely subverted for the most part: the ABW supplies the Confederacy with [=AKs=] and few shipments of MRE for direct war contribution, but withholds from there any other future knowledge and science and doesn't really bother with the post-war situation either. But it plays on their sinister goal for the Confederacy to remain a slave-owning country - keeping the tech unaltered is a great way to make sure loads of manual labour will be needed]].
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* GivingRadioToTheRomans: Actually the inspiration for the book as a whole; Turtledove mentions that fellow author Creator/TanithLee described the cover of her latest novel as being as incongruous as "Robert E. Lee with an Uzi", and decided to explain how such a thing could happen. [[spoiler: It is also largely subverted for the most part: the ABW supplies the Confederacy with [=AKs=] and few shipments of MRE for direct war contribution, but withholds from there any other future knowledge and science and doesn't really bother with the post-war situation either.either other than throwing some gold specie around. But it plays on their sinister goal for the Confederacy to remain a slave-owning country - keeping the tech unaltered is a great way to make sure loads of manual labour will be needed]].
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* GivingRadioToTheRomans: Actually the inspiration for the book as a whole; Turtledove mentions that fellow author Creator/TanithLee described the cover of her latest novel as being as incongruous as "Robert E. Lee with an Uzi", and decided to explain how such a thing could happen.
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* GivingRadioToTheRomans: Actually the inspiration for the book as a whole; Turtledove mentions that fellow author Creator/TanithLee described the cover of her latest novel as being as incongruous as "Robert E. Lee with an Uzi", and decided to explain how such a thing could happen. [[spoiler: It is also largely subverted for the most part: the ABW supplies the Confederacy with [=AKs=] and few shipments of MRE for direct war contribution, but withholds from there any other future knowledge and science and doesn't really bother with the post-war situation either. But it plays on their sinister goal for the Confederacy to remain a slave-owning country - keeping the tech unaltered is a great way to make sure loads of manual labour will be needed]].
