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There is a tidbit in the article on the book, “White Shamrock”, about how England had troops stationed in Canada during the Civil War, for the purposes of invading the North. http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwbooks/article/H-McColgan-Releases-White-Shamrock-20140123
Old topic but it needed a response. Yes the Confederacy lobbied hard to get Britain into the war since the Union was a competitor in the textile industry to them and obviously they still wanted to repay New England for its rebellion. The South thought England would jump on their side because they would need Southern cotton, but what the Southerners didn't realize was England could satisfy its cotton needs with cotton grown in India.
obviously they still wanted to repay New England for its rebellion.
Actually, I didn't know that there was lingering resentment toward America by England into the late nineteenth century.
The resentment wasn't huge or anything, but the embarrassment of losing the colonies still remained.
There was a fort in my home state that was manned I believe around that time, but I thought the main reason was for protection against Indians.
