How Few Remain is a 1997 alternate history novel by Harry Turtledove. It is the first part of the Timeline-191 saga, which depicts a world in which the Confederacy won the American Civil War. The book received the Sidewise Award for Alternate History in 1997, and was also nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1998. It takes the Timeline-191 Earth from 1862, 1881 to 1882.
The point of divergence is September 10, 1862, during the America...
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How Few Remain is a 1997 alternate history novel by Harry Turtledove. It is the first part of the Timeline-191 saga, which depicts a world in which the Confederacy won the American Civil War. The book received the Sidewise Award for Alternate History in 1997, and was also nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1998. It takes the Timeline-191 Earth from 1862, 1881 to 1882.
The point of divergence is September 10, 1862, during the American Civil War. In our timeline, a Confederate messenger lost General Robert E. Lee's Special Order 191, which detailed Lee's plans for the Invasion of the North. The orders were soon found by Union soldiers, and using them George McClellan was able to defeat the Army of Northern Virginia at the Battle of Antietam.
In How Few Remain, the orders are instead recovered by a trailing Confederate soldier. McClellan is caught by surprise, enabling Lee to lead the Army of Northern Virginia towards Philadelphia. Lee forces McClellan into battle on the...
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