Union-Confederate Crisis over Intervention
Union-Confederate Crisis over Intervention
This chapter shows how European interest in intervention remained very much alive by the autumn of 1862. From their vantage point thousands of miles away, the British, French, Russians, Belgians, and others on the Continent had become increasingly concerned about the American struggle, hoping to see an end to the fighting before it endangered onlooking nations and required direct intervention. The American battlefield, it seemed clear after Antietam, would not determine a winner; rather, it promised endless carnage as both antagonists stubbornly fought on, each side resolved to grind out an ultimate victory that rested on virtual annihilation of the other's forces. The dictates of civilization and the principles of international law condoned an intervention when an ongoing war threatened the belligerents' neighbors.
Keywords: European interest, American struggle, direct intervention, Antietam, dictates of civilization, international law
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