The Confederacy needed British official recognition as a nation to help break the Union blockade.
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Britain and France were not involved in the American Civil War. The Confederacy asked for Britain's help but they did not get involved.
Sherman carried credibility with Grant, tested under fire, and was a trusted friend.
The final outcome and impact of the Civil War was to destroy the ambition of the South to create for itself a new, independent nation, which at the same time cemented the "indissolubility" of the Union which had been created during the American War of Independence. Equally important, the Civil War led to the abolition of slavery in the United States, which was one important (if not final) step towards the establishment of the truly democratic republic of free peoples envisioned by the founders of the country.
The revolutionary war was considered a civil war with Britain, because most of the colonists were from Britain and still considered themselves Brits.
The outcome of the Chinese Civil War contributed to Cold War tensions because it resulted in the spread of communism which was contrary to the goals of the United States.