Jack of Harts

Europe had been watching us slide into war for decades.  They saw it as a good thing, an end to a future threat.  They stockpiled years’ worth of cotton and when The South seceded, they could survive the loss of imports.  Europe did not recognize the Confederacy.  Europe did not send their navies and armies to protect her.  The European branches of my family watched as America burned in the fires of Civil War.  We never forgot their contributions.