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A case can be made that if Great Britain had officially recognized the Confederacy as a separate country, they might have won the Civil War. Not all historians
by pdonis 3y ago
A case can be made that if Great Britain had officially recognized the Confederacy as a separate country, they might have won the Civil War. Not all historians would agree with that, though.
- Phoenix12052023 3y agoI'd argue that this is the only way the Confederacy could have won. Otherwise, they would have just been ground down in any long-term attritional fight. It was a real possibility: Abraham Lincoln was worried sick about this. He knew the Union didn't stand a chance against a fully focused Royal Navy.