I could also have mentioned the budding French plan to attack the Union naval blockade of New Orleans.
I don't have a strong take on the moral question of who was right. The South lost because it was outgunned and it failed in getting foreign help. And I have family that fought on both sides.
Joe_McCarthy 0 points 5 months ago
I could also have mentioned the budding French plan to attack the Union naval blockade of New Orleans.
I don't have a strong take on the moral question of who was right. The South lost because it was outgunned and it failed in getting foreign help. And I have family that fought on both sides.
More:
https://archive.searchvoat.co/v/OccidentalEnclave/2649540
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_John_Temple,_3rd_Viscount_Palmerston#American_Civil_War
Note that Palmerston believed in an Irish controlled media.