1. CANADA’S ROLE IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR Mike Unsworth Michigan State University Libraries unsworth@msu.edu

2. OUTLINE British North America Opinion on Conflict Economic Impact Movement of People Involving Britain in the Conflict Northwest Conspiracy Canadian Confederation Postscript Questions

3. British North America

4. UNITED STATES & BRITISH NORTH AMERICA “…bad neighbors in a dangerous neighborhood.” John Boyko, Blood and Daring : How Canada Fought the American Civil War and Forged A Nation, p. 2

5. Opinion on Conflict:

6. SOUTHERN VICTORY COULD RESULT IN A CHANGED BALANCE OF POWER

7. ECONOMIC IMPACT

8. MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE (1)

9. MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE (2)

11. CONFEDERATE HOPE: FOREIGN INTERVENTION

12. BLOCKADE RUNNNERS’ DESTINATION

13. TRENT AFFAIR, NOV. 8, 1861

14. BRITAIN REINFORCES NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES

15. CHESAPEAKE AFFAIR, DEC. 1863

16. NORTHWEST CONSPIRACY

17. LAKE ERIE SCHEMES

18. 1 st Lake Erie Expedition: Nov. 1863

19. 2 nd Lake Erie Expedition: Sept. 18 & 19 1864 (1)

20. 2 nd Lake Erie Expedition: Sept. 18 & 19 1864 (2)

21. ST. ALBANS RAID October 19, 1864

22. ARSON IN NYC HOTELS: NOV. 25, 1864

23. BUFFALO RAID: DEC. 15-16 1864

24. IMPACT: 1867 CONFEDERATION

25. POSTSCRIPT: TWO CANADIAN DIXIEPHILES

26. George Taylor Denison III

27. Alexander Keith, Jr. “..a course, ill-bred vulgarian of no social standing…” Blockade Runner Capt. John Wilkinson

28. QUESTIONS