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CANADA’S ROLE IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
Mike UnsworthMichigan State University Libraries
OUTLINE• British North America
• Opinion on Conflict
• Economic Impact
• Movement of People
• Involving Britain in the Conflict
• Northwest Conspiracy
• Canadian Confederation
• Postscript
• Questions
British North America
UNITED STATES &BRITISH NORTH AMERICA
“…bad neighbors in a dangerous neighborhood.”John Boyko, Blood and Daring : How Canada Fought the American Civil War and Forged A Nation, p. 2
Opinion on Conflict:
SOUTHERN VICTORY COULD RESULT IN A CHANGED BALANCE OF POWER
ECONOMIC IMPACT
MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE (1)
MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE (2)
MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE (2)
CONFEDERATE HOPE:FOREIGN INTERVENTION
BLOCKADE RUNNNERS’ DESTINATION
TRENT AFFAIR,NOV. 8, 1861
BRITAIN REINFORCES NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES
CHESAPEAKE AFFAIR, DEC. 1863
NORTHWEST CONSPIRACY
LAKE ERIE SCHEMES
1st Lake Erie Expedition: Nov. 1863
2nd Lake Erie Expedition: Sept. 18 & 19 1864 (1)
2nd Lake Erie Expedition: Sept. 18 & 19 1864 (2)
ST. ALBANS RAIDOctober 19, 1864
ARSON IN NYC HOTELS: NOV. 25, 1864
BUFFALO RAID: DEC. 15-16 1864
IMPACT: 1867 CONFEDERATION
POSTSCRIPT: TWO CANADIAN
DIXIEPHILES
George Taylor Denison III
Alexander Keith, Jr.
“..a course, ill-bred vulgarian of no social standing…”
Blockade Runner Capt. John Wilkinson
QUESTIONS