GDG- Re: Defeat of AoP, Recognition by Britain

[Marc Ferguson]

Wasn't there controversy over whether or not to impose a blockade, implying 
a state of war against a foreign nation, or to close the ports, and that the 
British signaled that they would respect a blockade but not closure? 
Official recognition of the Confederacy by the British would not have 
changed Britain's tradition of honoring blockades.

Marc

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Ryan" <pennmardel at mchsi.com>
To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 7:32 PM
Subject: RE: GDG- Re: Defeat of AoP, Recognition by Britain


> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> My recollection of how this would play out was that following British 
> and/or
> French diplomatic recognition of the Confederacy, these foreign countries
> would no longer acknowledge the right to a blockade.  Once the ports were
> reopened, this would strengthen the South considerably.  Also, many other
> countries would follow suit (e.g., the Vatican and Belgium said they would
> follow France's lead).  The international pressure on the U.S. would grow 
> to
> the point that the entire atmosphere surrounding the struggle would 
> change.
> I doubt whether the North could hold onto the South once all that 
> happened.
>
> Tom Ryan
>
>
> <<I don't thinkincoln cared a whit as to whether or notBritain recognized
> the Confederacy. It wasn't French recognition of theUnited Colonies
> thatturned the tide in the revolution, it was intervention. Intervention
> isdifferent than recognition.>>
>
>
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