British textile mills were so dependent on Southern cotton.
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They hoped to receive recognition from one or more major European countries such as England, France, Spain, and Germany; and to force the North to the negotiating table.
He was self confident.
By the middle of June in 1862, Lincoln and other Union leaders were confident that the Southern rebellion was almost over. Union armies in the Western theater had invaded the Confederate western boundaries and were in control of large parts of Kentucky and Tennessee. Mississippi and Alabama were in danger for the South. And, the Army of the Potomac under Union General George B. McClellan were just outside of Richmond. The capture of the Confederate capital seemed a sure thing. Unionists believed that the fall of Richmond would end the Southern rebellion.
General Robert E. Lee,
Mason and Slidell, the Confederate envoys to Britain and France.
Pardons for Confederate leaders
The confederate leaders punishments were jail time and starvation. there were a lot more punishment that went on in the jail.
The Confederate leaders who had held office in the Confederate government or high military rank, would have been deprived of their rights of property.
Were confederate soilders the first leaders were people such as generals in the old confederate army
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They hoped to receive recognition from one or more major European countries such as England, France, Spain, and Germany; and to force the North to the negotiating table.
Confederate leaders agreed to let food supplies in, but then attacked the ships.
He was self confident.
they met at Appomattox
that all were eventually pardoned.
By the middle of June in 1862, Lincoln and other Union leaders were confident that the Southern rebellion was almost over. Union armies in the Western theater had invaded the Confederate western boundaries and were in control of large parts of Kentucky and Tennessee. Mississippi and Alabama were in danger for the South. And, the Army of the Potomac under Union General George B. McClellan were just outside of Richmond. The capture of the Confederate capital seemed a sure thing. Unionists believed that the fall of Richmond would end the Southern rebellion.