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We were engaged therefore in a threefold contest,--a military one with the Confederacy, and diplomatic and moral one with the governments of England and France, a financial one with the money power of Europe.
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Blaine describes the multifaceted challenges faced by the Union during the Civil War, including military and financial struggles.
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