Interesting. I had no clue how other European nations viewed the Confederacy. I knew that Great Britain had an interest in trading with a free and independent CSA. I didn’t know that France or any other continental European nations either supported or expected to see a free, independent CSA.
England and France was very close and Lincoln knew it and they were the main powers that be back then.
Europe was behind them.
Britaiin sent people over and the confederacy sent over to france and England their people
If those powers had come in Lincoln was in a whole heap of mess then as the navel power would have swung, the south would have got ammunition , guns, etc plus food in exchange for cotton
for over 25 years I have been learning about the war and still do not know all of it , one can never stop learning about it and that is why I like to hear others minds on thew subject
It just pisses me off that the schools do not tell the truth about the war, even technically it was not a civil war as the south had no desire to have power or rule the north.
they just wanted to be free from DC
today is no different in a way
the far left had no idea that their view and agenda of central power was going to be fought, and good for the states
sorry going off topic