The Confederacy and the Working Class

The upper classes of Europe were instantly and immediately sympathetic to the south. That's where they got their cotton that was the engine of the early Industrial Revolution more important than energy because at that point they were still using steaming shit. So there was a real move in specifically France and Europe the big boys and with Russia also to Recognize the Confederacy as a legitimate government. The Confederates tried very hard to make that happen And they had a lot of sympathy at the upper levels of government including prime ministers I know Louis Napoleon was dying to recognize the Confederacy. Hell. He sent Maximilian to take over Mexico Behind the United States his back Which was only possible because the Civil War he didn't