"But by blocking the march to Mexico City, the victors at Puebla set back Napoleon III´s conquest of Mexico and the installation of the Hapsburg archduke Maximilian on the 'Cactus Throne' by at least a year. Had French soldiers reached the Rio Grande in 1863 rather than the end of 1864, Napoleon might have been in a position to offer recognition and formal alliance to the Confederacy."
William Moss Wilson at The New York Times connects Cinco de Mayo to the United States Civil War.
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