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==Russian Involvement==

==Russian Involvement==

With [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Britain]] and [[France]] officially declaring "neutrality" to continue negotiating with the Confederates, the Union seemed to alone in it's Civil War. But in the autumn of 1863, the Imperial Russian Navy arrived in the harbors of New York and San Francisco to support the Union from interference from the "Crimean Coalition" comprising of Britain, France, and [[Austria]] it was at odds with.  

With [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Britain]] and [[France]] officially declaring "neutrality" to continue negotiating with the Confederates, the Union seemed to alone in its Civil War. But in the autumn of 1863, the Imperial Russian Navy arrived in the harbors of New York and San Francisco to support the Union against interference from the "Crimean Coalition" comprised of Britain, France, and [[Austria]] it was at odds with.  

The support from the Russian fleet was a big morale booster for Union forces, and relations with [[Russian Empire|Imperial Russia]] strengthened with toasts being made, and Thomas Bailey saying:  

The support from the Russian fleet was a big morale booster for Union forces, and relations with [[Russian Empire|Imperial Russia]] strengthened with toasts being made, and Thomas Bailey saying:  

:''In sending them [the fleet] to this country there is something significant. What will be its effect on France and the French policy we shall learn in due time. It may be moderate; it may exasperate. God bless the Russians.:''<ref>http://www.loyno.edu/~history/journal/1983-4/delehaye.htm</ref>

:''In sending them [the fleet] to this country there is something significant. What will be its effect on France and the French policy we shall learn in due time. It may be moderate; it may exasperate. God bless the Russians.:''<ref>http://www.loyno.edu/~history/journal/1983-4/delehaye.htm</ref>

This intervention by the Russians frustrated the British and French who looked forward to taking advantage of the Union when it was vulnerable. A London satirical cartoon blasted the intervention by trying to paint Abraham Lincoln and [[Tsar]] [[Alexander II]] as bloody oppressors instead of liberators for preventing them from taking over the United States. <ref>http://www.voltairenet.org/article169488.html</ref>

This intervention by the Russians frustrated the British and French who looked forward to taking advantage of the Union when it was vulnerable. A London satirical cartoon blasted the intervention by trying to paint Abraham Lincoln and [[Tsar]] [[Alexander II]] as bloody oppressors instead of liberators for preventing them from taking over the United States.<ref>http://www.voltairenet.org/article169488.html</ref>

==Articles in the series==

==Articles in the series==