Lincoln ᎤᏤᎵ ᏗᎦᏃᏣᎳᏅ ᎠᏍᏚᎲᎢ ᎯᎠ Confederacy, ᏧᎸᏌᏓ ᎢᏯᏛᏁᎯ ᏓᏄᏩ, ᏰᎵ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏔᏅ ᎦᎵᏏᎯ, ᎠᏍᏓᏩᏛᏓ ᎾᎥᎢ ᏐᎢ European ᏄᎾᎳᏂᎬᎬ, ᏕᎦᏃᏣᎸᏍᎬ ᎤᎾᏤᎵ neutrality ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎯᎠ ᎠᏗᏒᏍᏗ. ᎪᎯ ᏰᎵ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏔᏅ ᎯᎠ Confederacy ᎠᎴᏅᏗ ᎠᏁᎸᏙᏗ ᎤᏁᏉᎢᏍᏗ ᎠᎵᏍᏕᎸᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏰᎵ ᏕᎠᎲ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᏳᎳᏛ. ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ Jefferson Davis ᏅᎪᏢᎯᏌᏅ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎢᎬᏱ ᏔᎵ secretaries ᎤᏔᏂᏗ ᎦᏙᎯ (Robert Toombs ᎠᎴ Robert M. T. ᎦᏃᎭᎵᏙᎯ) ᎬᏙᏗ Judah P. Benjamin ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎢᎬᏱ 1862. ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏁᎳᎩ Benjamin ᎠᏰᎲ ᎤᏟ ᎢᎦᎢ ᎠᏰᎵ ᏚᎾᏙᏢᏒ ᎥᎦᏔᎲᎢ ᎠᎴ ᎧᎵᏗᎳᏏᏗ ᎤᎦᏙᎲᏒ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎤᏄᎸᏅᎩ ᎪᏢᏗ dynamic ᎢᏅ ᏕᎨᏒ ᏗᎳᏏᏙᏗ ᎾᏍᎩᎾᎢ ᎯᎠ Confederacy.