state governments in northern mexico helped the confederate states in the civil war by allowing the construction of blockade runners.
state governments in northern mexico helped the confederate states in the civil war by allowing the construction of blockade runners.
who helped the confederate states in the civil war by allowing the construction of blockade runners?
state governments in northern mexico
john slidell, the confederate states emissary to france, did succeed in negotiating a loan of $15,000,000 from erlanger and other french capitalists. the money went to buy ironclad warships, as well as military supplies that came in with blockade runners. the british government did allow the construction of blockade runners in britain; they were owned and operated by british financiers and sailors; a few were owned and operated by the confederacy. the british investors' goal was to get highly profitable cotton.
confederate states of america
the blockade runners of the american civil war were seagoing steam ships that were used to get through the union blockade that extended some along the atlantic and gulf of mexico coastlines and the lower mississippi river. blockade runners imported from england most of the guns and other ordnance the confederacy desperately needed. to get through the blockade, these ships, many of them built in british ship yards and specially designed for speed, had to cruise undetected, usually at night. the typical blockade runners were privately owned vessels often operating with a letter of marque issued by the confederate states of america. if spotted, the blockade runners would attempt to outmaneuver or simply outrun any union ships on blockade patrol, very often successfully.
blockade runners of the american civil war