OldReliable1862
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Jul 2, 2017
- Location
- Georgia
If you know who Fernando Wood (mayor of NYC during first half of the war) was, you likely know he suggested NYC become an independent city-state to preserve the city's profitable trade with the South. My question is - how serious was Wood? Did he expect that the majority of his city's citizens would support breaking away, or that the Union navy would not immediately blockade the port and try to recapture the city?