By the same token the Austrian Empire was thrilled to sell Lorenz rifles to the Union by a factor of approximately 226k to 100k to the Confedracy per history.net " The Lorenz rifle Austria's deadly emissary.'.The confederates acquired some ordinance both artillery and small arms of Austrian make. What else do we know of that relationship and was there any possibility of acquiring naval craft from Austrian shipyards on the Adriatic sea.
I expected better of them, that they would stand with a new young nation yearning for freedom.By the same token the Austrian Empire was thrilled to sell Lorenz rifles to the Union by a factor of approximately 226k to 100k to the Confedracy per history.net " The Lorenz rifle Austria's deadly emissary.'.
Austria was like all the other West European countries in being happy to sell weapons to whoever they wanted as long as it's cash and carry.
Leftyhunter
In what exact way is enslaving forty percent of. regions population a bid to establish freedom?I expected better of them, that they would stand with a new young nation yearning for freedom.
The confederates acquired some ordinance both artillery and small arms of Austrian make. What else do we know of that relationship and was there any possibility of acquiring naval craft from Austrian shipyards on the Adriatic sea.
I expected better of them, that they would stand with a new young nation yearning for freedom.
compared Jefferson Davis to King Victor Emmanuel of Piedmont-Sardinia, writing that “both take what belongs to others, the latter without taking existing treaties into account and the former without taking account of the United States Constitution.”
Probably this.I don't think the Austrians cared two cents about the CSA or USA. I'd bet all they knew was a part of the USA seceded and both sides wanted to buy guns and so forth. Just a case of "show me the money" and no sympathy for either side.
(Kind of ironic that, and that the CSA's uniforms were patterned off of Austrian rifle ones and the flag designer supposedly combined the Stars & Stripes with a historic, now modern Austrian banner.)
Austria had a LOT of other things to worry about:
1. Russia
2. Prussia
3. the Balkans
4. Their own secessionists along with anarchists
5. Italy
6. France
7. Emperor's brother deciding to play Emperor of Mexico
And so many more issues. The "War for Confederate Independence" as one Prussian called it, had no bearing on all those pressing issues.