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On December 15, 1866, the Confederate States of America and the British Army launched a land war in Quebec, eastern Canada. The United Kingdom invested more than 50,000 people, and the Confederate States of America also launched operations against the British in several New England states. 30,000 regular troops and 40,000 temporarily recruited troops were invested.

The navies of the two countries launched small shelling in the Bay of Fundy at the junction of the Atlantic Ocean between the two countries. Both countries were obviously very cautious, fearing that the other side would cause heavy casualties to their navies.

However, the Army was not so polite.

The back-and-forth was actually going on between the landing on the St. Lawrence River and the counter-landing. Perhaps the army ignited the enthusiasm of the navy. Although the two countries were relatively restrained in the Atlantic, under the influence of the war on the St. Lawrence River, the navies of the two countries actually went up the river, and the confrontation developed to the point where the Great Lakes of North America was in addition to the Commonwealth of America. On the other four Great Lakes except Lake Michigan, which is exclusive to Lake Michigan, both parties have their own losses.

Generally speaking, the Commonwealth of America has the upper hand in the army, but in terms of navy, Britain has to say that it is difficult for the Commonwealth of America to match.

So when the time arrived on December 20, the British Army suffered more than 27,000 casualties, and the American Commonwealth suffered more than 19,000 casualties. In terms of the Navy, the British only lost three fifth-level sailing battleships and one second-level sailing battleship. -class sailing battleship. And most of them were sunk by artillery fire from the shore during the water battle with the American Federation in Lake Andale.

The Commonwealth of America lost 2 level 5 sailing battleships, 3 level 4 sailing battleships and one level 2 sailing battleship.

Perhaps the damage was too great, so both countries chose to stop large-scale operations.

Of course, the most important thing is that on December 20, 1866, Britain began to hold a prime ministerial election. Perhaps both countries deliberately chose this date to avoid it. In short, in the next week, there was no battle between more than 100 people.

When the time came to December 30, the results of the British general election came out. The Whig Party had indeed failed. Creston, the caretaker prime minister of the interim government, would expire on January 30. The Tory Party's Dis Raleigh will become Britain's new Prime Minister on February 1.

In other words, the next month will be a transitional period. According to legal rules, the Creston government will complete the work handover within the next month and will not be allowed to introduce major changes in external and domestic policies. If it is really necessary, it will need the coordination of the Tory shadow cabinet before it can be passed.

Because of this, the British army in Canada stood still and waited for the new cabinet to take office before taking the next step. Of course, in real terms, Queen Victoria is the supreme commander of the British military, but the Queen did not intervene.

However, the United States would not let this opportunity pass easily. While consolidating its position in the occupied territories of British Columbia and Alberta in western Canada, it sent a large number of naval forces southward, actually surrounding the maritime trade of the Confederate States. The channel, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic side, to the south were all blocked by the Confederate Navy.

At the same time, Lincoln personally appealed to the South for peace talks.

Obviously, Lincoln wanted to take advantage of the fact that Britain had just come out of the general election and had not yet carried out the handover, and when the South lost its reliance, he wanted to complete negotiations with the South in one step and gain the upper hand in order to obtain the maximum benefits.

The Davis government's navy has always been a weak point. In front of the United States, the eighth largest navy in the world, and without the help of the United Kingdom, it has really become the target of a successful blockade by the United States. Even the navy could only hide in major ports, or go up the Mississippi River and enter the inland river in order to survive and not be destroyed.

The Davis government has sent several requests for help from the UK, but Buckingham Palace and No. 10 Downing Street just asked the Davis government to wait for the opportunity and not to rush.

But the American Commonwealth in the north would not wait for them. The navy even bombarded major seaports. It was difficult to sell food grown in the south overseas, and arms suppliers were also difficult to sustain. Therefore, half a month later, the Davis government was under pressure. Domestic opposition pressure is mounting.

After the British Disraeli government came to power on February 1, 1867, Disraeli actually chose to negotiate and reconcile with the American Commonwealth.

It turned out that Disraeli's shadow cabinet had already communicated privately with Lincoln, adding secret channels outside the Creston government. Queen Victoria also knew about this because Disraeli reported it to the queen.

Although the Queen was dissatisfied, she had to admit that this was one of the best ways to stabilize British interests in North America, and she finally agreed.

Therefore, as soon as he came to power, Disraeli changed his previous cabinet, which only focused on developing relations with the Southern Confederate allies and ignored the north. On February 6 after taking over, the Disraeli cabinet government directly announced the dispatch of a new diplomatic envoy. Washington held negotiations, and no one knew the final outcome of the negotiations between the two countries. However, Britain lobbied the South about the benefits of reconciliation with the North.

By this time, the Davis government still didn't know that the new British government and Lincoln must have reached some shady agreement.

So the Davis administration chose to compromise.

Finally, on January 15, 1867, the North and the South chose to hold talks in Orange City, between the northern capital Washington and the southern capital Richmond. Lincoln and Davis personally attended the meeting.

British Prime Minister Disraeli, as the first Prime Minister, first sent the new Foreign Secretary of the Tory cabinet government and former Prime Minister Edward Henry Stanley to take the lead. He also formally attended the meeting later.

Also participating were the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Tolbeck, the Russian Empire Gorchakov and François Livier, and the Kingdom of Prussia Bismarck as stakeholder countries who testified at the meeting. Among them, the Tsarist Empire, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the Kingdom of Prussia, as the security guarantors of the Northern Milian Commonwealth, and the United Kingdom and the French Empire, as the southern security guarantors, all signed the peace agreement's guarantees.

At the meeting, President Lincoln and President Davis signed an armistice peace agreement on behalf of the North and the South. The Confederate States of the South recognized the status of the Confederate States of the Northern States and recognized the area under the jurisdiction of the Lincoln government as the Northern Territory.

The Lincoln administration also recognized the Davis administration's jurisdiction as southern territory.

Both sides do not deny each other's international status.

Many people were surprised that the Lincoln administration actually agreed to the existence of a southern government.

But when I look down, I realize that this is the key point.

In accordance with the armistice agreement, relations between the Federal States of America and the Confederate States of America were normalized, and trade was normalized.