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====Military in 1862 gains by the Confederacy spurred discussions of recognizing the Confederacy====
[[File:Lord_Palmerston_1863.jpg|thumbnail|left|250px|Henry John Temple, Lord Palmerston, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1859-1865)]]
In 1862, the Confederacy made several important military gains that made it more likely that they could gain recognition from Britain and Louis Napoleon's French government. These victories were accompanied by a charm offensive by the Alabamian Henry Hozte. Hotze moved easily with the British upper class and was an effective advocate for the Confederacy. The US blockade of the South finally caused a cotton shortage with British textile mills and hurt industrial areas in the country. Both popular and political opinion of the Civil War was split in the country. B