there s a will? confederate sympathizers opened up the dock yards and let them build in secret. the alabama was the big one. the biggest, the greatest, the best. sunk 64 federal ships. after the war in 1872, britain ended up paying $15 million in gold in reparations for not stopping the alabama from leaving britain shores. how close did britain come to intervening and look at what might have happened had they? i have no doubt first of all if britain had intervened on the begin og it was war on the side of the north, the south wouldn t have had a chance whatsoever. on the part of the south, the knot wouldn t have had a chance. they always entry once, once by default. and in 1862. people are saying, it s a disaster. people are dying. we must intervene. you ve written other great