I'm curious. Seeing as the CSA was so much more dependent on imports that was the Union, and the efforts of the US to blockade the South, what would have been the direct effects of an ACW without a Union blockade? I would ask you to assume that this is because of US decision (not necessarily a wise or correct one), not foreign intervention or pressure. How does the redirection of money, men, and material play out for both sides? How much more can the CSA purchase abroad given its finances? How would land campaigns be directed, if capturing ports were the way to shut off imports?