Prominent statesman Francis P. Blair, Sr. visits Confederate President Jefferson Davis at Richmond and proposes a possible peace settlement between North and South that involves joining forces to drive the French out of Mexico.
Tag: Monroe Doctrine
The Confederacy Looks to France
Edmund Kirby Smith urges Confederate foreign envoy John Slidell to get France to intervene on the Confederacy’s behalf so that the French puppet regime in Mexico will have a friendly neighbor to the north.
Keeping Quite Clear of the Conflict
The European powers entertain the possibility of recognizing Confederate independence, while France capitalizes on the war by invading Mexico.