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| rdfs:comment | - In 1880, a generation after the War of Secession had ended, the Democrats, who had mainly behaved subserviently to the CSA were finally voted out of office by a frustrated public, who returned to the presidency the Republicans under James G Blaine. Blaine's election campaign had relied mostly upon a hard-line platform towards the CSA, a stance which now appealed to the people of the USA.
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| Casus | - Confederate purchase of Sonora and Chihuahua from the Empire of Mexico.
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| Battles | - Custer's Raid
- Battle of San Francisco
- Battle of Madera Canyon
- Battle of Tombstone
- Battle of Winchester
- Battle of the Teton River
- Siege of Louisville
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| Result | - Confederate and Allied Victory
- *Sonora and Chihuahua recognized as CS Territory.
*US ceded Northern Maine to Canada.
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| combatant | - 15
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- Apache Indians
- Kiowa Indians
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| Place | - Northern Confederate States, Northeastern United States, Western United States, Sonora, Atlantic, Pacifc.
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| abstract | - In 1880, a generation after the War of Secession had ended, the Democrats, who had mainly behaved subserviently to the CSA were finally voted out of office by a frustrated public, who returned to the presidency the Republicans under James G Blaine. Blaine's election campaign had relied mostly upon a hard-line platform towards the CSA, a stance which now appealed to the people of the USA. To the south, the Empire of Mexico was bankrupt and desperately needed money to pay its creditors (primarily bankers in London and Paris). The CSA solved Mexico's financial problems by purchasing the provinces of Sonora and Chihuahua for three million dollars. Realizing that this would give the Confederates a Pacific port, President Blaine threatened war if the sale went ahead. In the CSA, President James Longstreet knew that a quick, decisive war along with intervention from England and France was the CSA's only hope for victory, as he knew a long war with the USA would end only in defeat for the Confederacy. England and France, on the other hand, refused to assist the CSA unless they agreed to manumit their slaves; France also refused to act without England. Longstreet agreed to their demands, as he felt that slavery would stymie the Confederacy's economy in the 20th century, and pledged that all slaves within the CSA would be manumitted one year after the end of hostilities. With backing from both countries, Longstreet went ahead with the sale. On the 14th of June, CS forces moved into the newly purchased provinces and Blaine issued an ultimatum: withdraw all Confederate forces from the Mexican territories within ten days or face war. The CSA refused to do this and when the deadline passed, Blaine asked for and received a declaration of war from Congress.
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