The Tangier Difficulty was a diplomatic crisis that took place in February 1862 in Tangier, Morocco, during the American Civil War. The US consul in Tangier ordered the arrest of two Southerners who were en route to Cádiz, Spain to purchase coal for the Confederate vessel CSS Sumter.
The Tangier Difficulty was a diplomatic crisis that took place in February 1862 in Tangier, Morocco, during the American Civil War. The US consul in Tangier ordered the arrest of two Southerners who were en route to Cádiz, Spain to purchase coal for the Confederate vessel CSS Sumter.
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