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The British working-class population, most notably the British cotton workers who suffered the Lancashire Cotton Famine, remained consistently opposed to the Confederacy. A resolution of support was passed by the inhabitants of Manchester and sent to Lincoln. His letter of reply has become famous:
During the war, British blockade runners delivered the Confederacy 60% of its weapons, 1/3 of the lead for its bullets, 3/4 of ingredients for its powder, and most of the cloth for its uniforms; [48] such act lengthened the Civil War by two years and cost 400,000 more lives of soldiers and civilians on both sides.
The Southern Independence Association is an association which brought together a number of pro-Confederacy organizations in 1864 in Manchester to organise British support for the Confederacy in the American Civil War. At its peak there were 47 branches in the UK.
The Confederacy believed that both Britain and France, who before the war depended heavily on Southern cotton for textile manufacturing, would support the Confederate war effort if the cotton trade were restricted. Ultimately, cotton diplomacy did not work in favor of the Confederacy, as European nations largely sought alternative markets to ...
In what were called the Alabama Claims, in 1869 the United States claimed direct and collateral damage against Great Britain.In the particular case of the Alabama, the United States claimed that Britain had violated neutrality by allowing five warships to be constructed, especially the Alabama, knowing that it would eventually enter into naval service with the Confederacy.
In the early years of the war the Confederate government had a hands-off approach to the railroads. Only in mid-1863 did the Confederate government initiate a national policy, and it was confined solely to aiding the war effort. [230] Railroads came under the de facto control of the military. In contrast, the U.S. Congress had authorized ...
The British government demanded an apology and the release of the prisoners and took steps to strengthen its military forces in British North America (Canada) and the North Atlantic. President Abraham Lincoln and his top advisors did not want to risk war with Britain over this issue. After several tense weeks, the crisis was resolved when the ...
However, no compensation for damages done to the U.S. by British-built blockade runners carrying arms supplies to the Confederacy was offered. [3] [4] [5] The lack of compensation from Canada greatly irritated Macdonald, but he nonetheless signed the treaty under the argument that he was a junior member of the British delegation [citation needed].