A military coalition is proposed to Paraguay and Chile against the Argentine Confederation.
Brazil finds the Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata as a lunacy. The incorporation of such countries in South America would create havoc in the trading world and in the sea routes between two Brazilian provinces. A border between the Empire of Brazil and the Argentine Confederation would provide tension that would do no good to either of the two nations.
accepted
they also offer trade incentives to lorraine and minors to not join bavaria but rather stay in the confederation as independent states
declined
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following the ottoman raid on sleeping confederate forces, the confederacy moved northward to pennsylvania in an attempt to force the rerouting of union troops
the surprisingly bloodless capture of sharpsburg in the north allowed for the more ripe town of gettysburg to be in view--a town which, if captured, could very well spell the encirclement and destruction of union forces, and by extension, washington dc
MEANWHILE, in louisiana, texan forces rapidly advance across undefended territory, quickly occupying the state's boundaries and looking east at even more unprotected lands
