So one of the ships carrying the American troops to Vera Cruz, has instead, literally dropped onto a beach in the Alternative Yucatan. A rough barricade was thrown up, just in time in fact...
If you like reading Alternative History novels, I highly recommend Destroyermen and its prequel, The Artillerymen. The latter tells of American soldiers on their way to Vera Cruz during the Mexican-American War when they are mysteriously transported to a parallel planet Earth. This new Earth, among other things, has seen dinosaurs evolve into intelligent life, called the Grik. Another twist, is a culture based around the Spanish conquistadors melding with central American cultures into a bloody Holy Dominion Kingdom. The Americans find themselves deposited into what we would call the Yucatan, where they are attacked by Grik and Holy Dominion allies, the Holcano (Mayan tribe).
American soldiers representing Volunteers and Regulars from the book...
