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Tag Archives: Great Britain and the Civil War
Mary Chesnut & The Royals, Part 1
Mary Chesnut—the famous Southern diarist—loved to keep up with the news and that included international matters. True, she spent a lot of time following rumors and speculating if or when a European power would aid the Confederacy, but there was … Continue reading
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Tagged Great Britain and the Civil War, Mary Chesnut, Queen Victoria
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Musings on Arthur Fremantle’s “Three Months in the Southern States”
When historians look at a primary source, it is often to cut and run. You go to the part of the source that deals with your subject and that is it. In the case of Arthur Fremantle’s Three Months in … Continue reading
The Last Act II
150 years ago today, the last act of the Civil War played out. Here is that story. Shenandoah arrived at the Mersey Bar shortly before midnight on November 5. The next morning she entered Liverpool Harbor and anchored near the … Continue reading
The Last Act I
150 years ago today, the last act of the Civil War got underway off Liverpool. Here is Part I of that story. Day after day, a lonely light shone at the southern end of St. George’s Channel, running between Britain … Continue reading
