Reply #78: from memory [View All]

[Thothmes]

There was a glut of cotton in 1860. The Southern boycott failed partially because of this but also because the British had started receiving large quantities of good cotton from Egypt. The Confederacy was able to buy weapons from British manufacturers up till 1865. The British Govt never sold weapons directly to the South. They allowed British weapons manufacturers unrestricted access to the Southern Market.