 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Marudzi makuru ose akabvuma kuti Confederation yakanga ine maruramiro akati somurwi akarongwa. Marudzi mashomanene akashandisa hondo yacho. Spain yakatorazve Dominican Republic, kunyange zvazvo yakarasika muna 1865. Chinhu chakakomba zvikuru hondo yakaitwa neFrance, pasi paMambo Napoleon III, yokugadza Maximilian I weMexico somutongi ane simba uyo aiva nechinangwa chokuramba pesvedzero yeAmerica. Naizvozvo France yakakurudzira Britain kuti ibatanidzwe mumutemo wokuyananisa, ichikarakadza kuti vose vari vaviri vazive Confederacy. Lincoln akanyevera kakawanda kuti kuzivikanwa kupi nokupi kweConfederation kwakanga kwakaenzana nokuzivisa hondo. Indasitiri yemachira yeBritain yaitsamira pamatani aibva kumaodzanyemba, asi yakanga iine zvinhu zvokuchengeta michina ichishanda kwegore uye mumamiriro ezvinhu ose, vagadziri vemabhizimisi navashandi vaiva nehuremu hushoma mune zvematongerwe enyika dzeBritain. Achiziva kuti hondo yaizogumisa kutumirwa kwaikosha kwezvokudya zveAmerica, kuparadza ngarava dzezvokutengeserana dzeBritain, uye kukonzera kupinda muCanada, Britain neRoyal Navy yayo ine simba yakaramba kubatana neFrance. 