Civil War "Sponsors"

Okay, this idea's extremely shaky but I thought I'd post it anyway. Say, during the early Civil War, France sees the CSA as a threat to interests in Mexico, and supports the Union. Not wanting to see France with too much influence in America, another European power assists the CSA (Prussia? Britain?). Could a scenario like this change the Civil War recognizably?
 
Britain was a known supporter to the CSA, they wanted a weakened USA plus they also had the majority of their cotton come from the CSA. I can see Britain becoming more proactive in the "protection" of the CSA. Not sure why the Prussians would get shaky.
 
Britain was a known supporter to the CSA, they wanted a weakened USA plus they also had the majority of their cotton come from the CSA. I can see Britain becoming more proactive in the "protection" of the CSA. Not sure why the Prussians would get shaky.

uh, no, I suspect you've been reading Turtledove's TL-191 a little too closely. British support for the CSA was wavering. The British population was overwhelmingly opposed to the Confederate cause due to slavery, and public and government sentiment throughout Europe turned in favor of the Union after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.
 
uh, no, I suspect you've been reading Turtledove's TL-191 a little too closely. British support for the CSA was wavering. The British population was overwhelmingly opposed to the Confederate cause due to slavery, and public and government sentiment throughout Europe turned in favor of the Union after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.

Never read the book. Wavering yes, but still known support. They absolutely disagreed with the CSA on salvery, but they wanted a weakened USA, sort of an "enemy of my enemy is my friend."
 
uh, no, I suspect you've been reading Turtledove's TL-191 a little too closely. British support for the CSA was wavering. The British population was overwhelmingly opposed to the Confederate cause due to slavery, and public and government sentiment throughout Europe turned in favor of the Union after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.
There was that whole Trent affair thing with Confederate diplomats on a British vessel, which would seem to indicate a least some warmth towards the South's cause...
 
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