tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937841968660996556.post4080365062700296750..comments2023-12-14T00:08:24.587+00:00Comments on A Slightly Odd View of the American Civil War: Wargaming - British Intervention Force 186267th Tigershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03337611430550231683noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937841968660996556.post-77597670766430902272015-08-05T20:43:05.190+01:002015-08-05T20:43:05.190+01:00Sorry, never saw this.
Being May '62 this is ...Sorry, never saw this.<br /><br />Being May '62 this is obviously post-Trent Affair. HMG made the decision to send 75,000 regulars in Canada in early December '61, but the movement was suspended with Lincoln's climbdown on the issue.67th Tigershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03337611430550231683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937841968660996556.post-76744536766743983032014-08-20T17:47:09.477+01:002014-08-20T17:47:09.477+01:00Help to explain your back-story justification beca...Help to explain your back-story justification because I consulted an expert and this is what he said: "Given the high levels of anti-slavery sentiment in almost every level of British society, it would have been almost impossible for a British government to intervene in the American Civil War on the side of the Confederacy. In Britain, the war was seen as one about slavery, and the Confederacy was not popular due to their fighting to preserve slavery. A British government that tried to send troops to aid the Confederates would not have lasted long. On the other hand, the French could have sent a force to help the Confederates. The French didn’t need Confederate cotton, but they needed a war to take public attention away from internal economic problems, which is why the French sent troops to Mexico."Bill Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14426890993559907652noreply@blogger.com