Arbutus π¨π¦Confederate Privateers in Victoria? Or just drama between the Daily Times and the Colonist? #victoriaBC #yyj #bc https://hallmarkheritagesociety.ca/confederate-privateers-in-victoria/
Confederate Privateers in Victoria - Hallmark Heritage Society
The threat of privateering in the Pacific during the American Civil War presented a major problem to the United States State Department and to the Pacific Squadron of the navy. The Confederate States planned to interfere with Californiaβs commerce and to capture gold shipments along the Pacific Sea lanes, for a stoppage of the flow of gold from the mines of California would weaken the credit and purchasing power of the Federal Government.
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