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* [[American Civil War homefront]]  

* [[American Civil War homefront]]  

* [[Confederate States of America]]  

* [[Confederate States of America]]  

The only hope for Confederate victory in the [[American Civil War homefront|Civil War]] was military intervention by The [[British Empire]] and [[Second French Empire]]. By 1862, the Civil War had begun in full force, and with British corporations and Foreign Office supporting the Confederacy,<ref>[https://theconversation.com/how-british-businesses-helped-the-confederacy-fight-the-american-civil-war-52517 How British businesses helped the Confederacy fight the American Civil War], ''The Conversation]], Published: March 7, 2016. </ref>tides had quickly turned against Lincoln. The British possessions of Toronto and Montreal served as Confederate bases, from which dozens of terrorist attacks were launched against Lincoln’s Union from the North.  

The only hope for Confederate victory in the [[American Civil War homefront|Civil War]] was military intervention by The [[British Empire]] and [[Second French Empire]]. Under the norion of divide and rule, British and French leaders sought  to have two antagonistic powers in [[North America]] to neutralize each other by using the Confederate [[proxy]] force. 

 

By 1862, the Civil War had begun in full force, and with British corporations and Foreign Office supporting the Confederacy,<ref>[https://theconversation.com/how-british-businesses-helped-the-confederacy-fight-the-american-civil-war-52517 How British businesses helped the Confederacy fight the American Civil War], ''The Conversation]], Published: March 7, 2016. </ref>tides had quickly turned against Lincoln. The British possessions of Toronto and Montreal served as Confederate bases, from which dozens of terrorist attacks were launched against Lincoln’s Union from the North.  

Lincoln’s assassin John Wilkes Boothe was proven to have been in Canada for over 5 weeks prior to the murder, where he received payment, training and directions from British-sponsored confederates.<ref>[https://www.historynet.com/confederacys-canadian-mission-spies-across-the-border/?f CONFEDERACY’S CANADIAN MISSION: SPIES ACROSS THE BORDER], By HISTORYNET STAFF, 6/12/2006. historynet.com</ref> Boothe was discovered to have been deployed from [[Montreal]] to kill [[President Lincoln]], with union officers discovering a $500 cheque amidst his possessions signed directly by Ontario Bank President Henry Starnes (who would later become Mayor of Montreal). As Barry Sheehy pointed out in ''Montreal: City of Secrets'', during the [[American Civil War]], “the largest Confederate Secret Service base outside [[Richmond]] was located in Montreal,” under the direct control of confederate Secretary of State [[Judah Benjamin]]—himself an asset of British Intelligence.<ref>[https://archive.is/wip/8MsN4 Montreal, City of Secrets: Confederate Operations in Montreal During the American Civil War.] By Barry Sheehy, Baraka Books, 2017. </ref>

Lincoln’s assassin John Wilkes Boothe was proven to have been in Canada for over 5 weeks prior to the murder, where he received payment, training and directions from British-sponsored confederates.<ref>[https://www.historynet.com/confederacys-canadian-mission-spies-across-the-border/?f CONFEDERACY’S CANADIAN MISSION: SPIES ACROSS THE BORDER], By HISTORYNET STAFF, 6/12/2006. historynet.com</ref> Boothe was discovered to have been deployed from [[Montreal]] to kill [[President Lincoln]], with union officers discovering a $500 cheque amidst his possessions signed directly by Ontario Bank President Henry Starnes (who would later become Mayor of Montreal). As Barry Sheehy pointed out in ''Montreal: City of Secrets'', during the [[American Civil War]], “the largest Confederate Secret Service base outside [[Richmond]] was located in Montreal,” under the direct control of confederate Secretary of State [[Judah Benjamin]]—himself an asset of British Intelligence.<ref>[https://archive.is/wip/8MsN4 Montreal, City of Secrets: Confederate Operations in Montreal During the American Civil War.] By Barry Sheehy, Baraka Books, 2017. </ref>