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Chesapeake Affair

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615:, to destroy our commerce on the high seas, and even to carry war into the ports of the United States. Halifax is a postal and despatch station in the correspondence between the rebels at Richmond and their emissaries in Europe. Halifax merchants are known to have surreptitiously imported provisions, arms, and ammunition from our seaports, and then transshipped them to the rebels. The governor of Nova Scotia has been neutral, just, and friendly; so were the judges of the province who presided on the trial of the Chesapeake. But then it is understood that, on the other hand, merchant shippers of Halifax, and many of the people of Halifax, are willing agents and abettors of the enemies of the United States, and their hostility has proved not merely offensive but deeply injurious. 151: 669: 168: 556:. When the Civil War began, most Canadians and Maritimers were overtly sympathetic to the North, which had abolished slavery after the Revolution and which had trading ties. At the beginning of the war, approximately 20,000 men from British North America, almost half of them Maritimers, crossed the border to fight, primarily for the North. Many families had strong kinship ties across the border with people in New England, New York and some of the Midwest. 47: 135: 123: 680: 862: 569:
and Co. – a company that flew the Confederate flag outside its office and accepted Confederate currency. The informal headquarters for the Confederates was located at the Waverley Hotel, 1266 Barrington Street (present-day Waverley Inn). At the same time, Halifax became the leading supplier of coal
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The recent shipment of one thousand rifles from New York to Halifax in violation of military regulations, the recently discovered plans of Confederate 'pirates' at Halifax to capture other American steamers between New York and Halifax, the plans of 'neutral passengers' to carry forbidden and
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was generally regarded as the unofficial Confederate consul in Halifax. He constantly harboured Confederate "refugees" and hosted numerous prominent Confederate officials, who were automatically welcomed at Rosebank during their stay in town. He was a friend and correspondent of Confederate
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as normal passengers in New York. While en route to Maine, on the night of 7 December, just off the coast of Cape Cod, Braine and his men seized control of the vessel. The crew resisted; in the exchange of gunfire that took place, the ship's second engineer was killed, and three crewmen were
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The Southern sympathisers believed they were engaging in an act of war because they had an official letter of marque from the Confederacy. As the investigation into the affair unfolded, it was found their letter had no legal basis. As a result, rather than the
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violated British sovereignty and international laws by arresting the three men who remained: one from New Brunswick and two from Nova Scotia. George Wade, who had killed a crew member during the raid, was among the prisoners. The Americans took
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Halifax has been for more than one year, and yet is, a naval station for vessels which, running the blockade, furnish supplies and munitions of war to our enemy, and it has been made a rendezvous for those piratical cruisers which come out from
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to both Northern and Southern ports. Nova Scotia's economy thrived throughout the war. This trade created strong ties between Halifax and merchants from both the North and South. In Halifax the main commercial agent for the Confederacy was
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condemned the attack as the "most daring and atrocious on record" and the assailants for showing "cold blood and feeble circulation of reptiles." Another paper derided the citizens of Saint John as "mere pimps" of Confederate President
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awaited adjudication in the colonial Admiralty court, but the British planned to give Confederate prisoner Wade to the United States authorities for extradition. Almon and Keith arranged for Wade's escape in a rowboat to
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As the war went on, relations between Britain and the North became strained for numerous reasons, and sympathy turned toward the South. Britain declared itself neutral during the war. Increased trade went through
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Many high-ranking Confederates settled in Canada after the war. Approximately 30 senior Naval and Army officers from the South settled in Halifax. Among the most prominent were John Wilkinson (commander of
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again avoided capture at Lunenburg and traveled on to Halifax. The vessel moved through Mahone Bay. At St. Margarets Bay, some crew left the ship. By 16 December, the ship arrived at Mud Cove harbour at
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would use the port of Halifax to ship their goods between Britain and the Confederate States. Much of the coal and other fuels used to run Confederate steamers went through Halifax. Halifax's role in
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Canadians and Maritimers became fearful of the power that the North demonstrated in defeating the South, and worried that it might want to annex British North America next.
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While slavery had effectively ended in Nova Scotia at the beginning of the 19th century, the British ended the practice of slave-owning throughout its Empire by the
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Between King Cotton and Queen Victoria: Confederate Informal Diplomacy and Privatized Violence in British America During the American Civil War
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arrived in Halifax on 17 December, escorted by the two American warships. Three other warships followed, which had also pursued
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Affair being an official act of war, it was an act of piracy and condemned as such by most of the newspapers in the Maritimes.
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Marquis, Greg. In Armageddon's Shadow: The Civil War and Canada's Maritime Provinces. McGill-Queen's University Press. 1998.
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Locke had arranged for John C. Braine and sixteen Confederate sympathizers from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to board the
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returned immediately, and the hijackers arrested and extradited to the U.S. in accordance with Article 10 of the 1842
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News of the capture and the fact that Maritimers were the assailants resulted in widespread anger in the North. The
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This article is about an incident during the American Civil War. For an earlier incident prior to War of 1812, see
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to Saint John, New Brunswick, as planned but was unable to load coal for the voyage south. He next took
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David Stephen Heidler, Jeanne T. Heidler, David J. Coles. Encyclopedia of the American Civil War, p. 422
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turned all lights out and slipped behind Spectacle Island and out on the LaHave without being detected.
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treasonable mails to the insurgents and the plans of 'neutral merchants' to carry war supplies.
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A terrible retribution awaits this city of Halifax for its complicity in treason and piracy.
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Hoy, p. 256; The Waverley Hotel used to be at the corner of Barrington and Blowers streets.
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aid to a fratricidal war, which, without outside intervention, would have long ago ended."
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Neutrality regulations forbade the bringing of prizes into British waters. Locke sailed
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Affair was one of the most sensational international incidents that occurred during the
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International diplomatic incident that occurred during the American Civil War
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to Halifax to get clearance for their actions from the British authorities.
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Upon the arrival of the American warships, most of the rebel prize crew on
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In the meantime, two Union warships were closing in: the fast side-wheeler
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Marquis, Greg. Halifax and Saint John and the American Civil War. 1998
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Reverend Nathaniel Gunnison, U.S. Consul at Halifax, December 24, 1863
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Hoy, Claire. Canadians in the Civil War. McArthur and Company. 2004.
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was an international diplomatic incident that occurred during the
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While trade with the South was flourishing, the North created a
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CONFEDERATE ACTIVITIES: A STUDY IN CANADIAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS
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was made in the St. Lawrence Hall hotel in Montreal. The
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wounded. After seizing the vessel, Locke took command at
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to prevent supplies getting to the South. Hundreds of
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The Confederate sympathizers had planned to re-coal at
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Affair, Seward notified the Canadian government that:
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blockade runners loaded with British arms and supplies
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The Capture of the 860: 678: 1004: 494:sympathizers from the British colonies 2441:United Kingdom–United States relations 1172: 1161: 725:, moving south from Halifax, and the 7: 978:Affair, 1863-4" (pp. 124–137); 2421:Maritime incidents in December 1863 14: 974:Cox, George H."Sidelights on the 2426:International maritime incidents 166: 149: 133: 121: 45: 2461:Military history of Nova Scotia 2456:Military history of New England 2451:1863 in international relations 1011:Locke was born in Sandy Point, 941:Military history of Nova Scotia 732:, coming north from Shelburne. 619:Immediately following the 1863 648:. The plan to kill President 602:complained on March 14, 1865: 502:captured the American steamer 1: 1254:(Hoy, p.179, Marquis, p. 144) 1143:Greg Marquis (January 1998). 1013:Shelburne County, Nova Scotia 1320:Hoy, p. 186, Marquis, p. 162 1097:Hoy, p. 185; Marquis, p. 169 779:fled. 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Index

Chesapeake–Leopard affair
American Civil War

Harper's Weekly
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Confederate States
United States
James William Johnston
Samuel Leonard Tilley
William Johnston Almon
Vernon Guyon Locke
Abraham Lincoln
Edwin M. Stanton
William H. Seward
Gideon Welles
Maritime pirates
Union Navy
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American Civil War
Union blockade
Eastern
Western
Lower seaboard
Trans-Mississippi
Pacific coast
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