Harness, Charles L. "1894"
Divergence: 1861 CE
What if: Prince Albert died of typhus two weeks early, and without his softening words, H.M. government sent an insulting message to the U.S. over the Trent affair.
Summary: An H.G. Wells from a world where Britain intervened in the U.S. Civil War invents a time traveling machine and is sent back in time to save Albert.
Published: In Analog, August 1994.