> That's what I stated im my original message.  The 100 day deal was
 > an incentive for for Southern States to re-enter the Union and not
 > lose their slaves.  The Proclamation had the added effect of
 > framing the conflict as a war against slavery for the British.  It
 > was shortly after it was penned that Britain withdrew its support
 > for the Confederacy.

It was never over British Support... Britain had no interest in our war...
there was a battle between several Union Ironclads and the CSS Kersage off the
coast of Britain.  The CSS Kersage was obliverated... and britain took no
sides.

Britain traded openly with both the Union and the Confederacy.

What they were primarily worried with was the border states that supported the
union and still had slaves.  If they were to lose -those- states to the
Confederacy the war would have been lost.



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