Amanda Foreman - A World on Fire: Britains Crucial Role in the American Civil War

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Copyright 2010 by Amanda Foreman

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Originally published in hardcover in the United Kingdom by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Press, a member of Penguin Group (U.K.) in 2010.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Foreman, Amanda
A world on fire: Britains crucial role in the American Civil War/Amanda Foreman.
p. cm.
Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2010. Subtitle varies.
eISBN: 978-0-679-60397-9
1. United StatesHistoryCivil War, 18611865Participation, British.
2. United StatesHistoryCivil War, 18611865Foreign public opinion,
British. 3. United StatesForeign relationsGreat Britain. 4. Great Britain
Foreign relationsUnited States. 5. United StatesForeign relations
18611865. 6. Great BritainForeign relations18371901.
7. Public opinionGreat BritainHistory19th century. I. Title.
E469.F67 2011
973.72dc22 2011003726

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Book design by Casey Hampton

Jacket images: Jeff Davis Escort flag (Confederate Memorial Hall, New Orleans Civil War Archive/Bridgemen Art Library); regimental colors of The 59th of Foot (Queens Lancashire Regiment Museum, Preston, Lancashire/Bridgemen Art Library); Union flag ( Civil War Archive/Bridgemen Art Library).)

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The dates given in this list are the dates of first publication of the illustrations, not the dates on which the events they record took place.

The Napier Ball at Willards Hotel, Washington, D.C., Harpers Weekly (E. Hooper), March 3, 1859

Willards Hotel in 1861, Harpers Weekly

Life in an American Hotel?, Punch (John Leech), June 25, 1856

Grand torchlight parade of the New York firemen, Harpers Weekly, October 13, 1860

Monkey Uncommon Up, Massa!, Punch, December 1, 1860

A Family Quarrel, Punch, September 28, 1861

Attack on the pickets of the Garibaldi Guard on the banks of the Potomac, Illustrated London News (Frank Vizetelly), July 20, 1861

The stampede from Bull Run, Illustrated London News (Frank Vizetelly), August 17, 1861

Reconnaissance made by General Stoneman to Cedar Run, Illustrated London News (Frank Vizetelly), April 19, 1862

King Cotton Bound, Punch, November 2, 1861

Look Out for Squalls, Punch, December 7, 1861

Waiting for an Answer, Punch, December 14, 1861

Up a Tree: Colonel Bull and the Yankee Coon, Punch, January 11, 1862

Naughty Jonathan, Punch, January 18, 1862

USS Picket leading the ships of the Burnside expedition over the Hatteras Bar, Illustrated London News (Frank Vizetelly), February 22, 1862

The 9th New York Volunteers (Hawkinss Zouaves) and the 21st Massachusetts taking the Confederate fieldworks on Roanoke Island, Illustrated London News (Frank Vizetelly), March 22, 1862

Over the Way, Punch, November 16, 1861

Divorce Vinculo, Punch, January 19, 1861

CSS Nashville running the blockade at Beaufort, North Carolina, Harpers Weekly, April 5, 1862, copyright Corbis

Jefferson Thompsons guerrillas shooting at Federal boats in the Mississippi, Illustrated London News (Frank Vizetelly), June 14, 1862

Engagement off Fort Pillow, Mississippi River, between Federal and Confederate gunboats, Illustrated London News (Frank Vizetelly), June 14, 1862

The last stand made by the Federals at Manassas, Illustrated London News (Frank Vizetelly), November 15, 1862, copyright Illustrated London News Ltd. / Mary Evans

View of Richmond, Virginia, Illustrated London News (Frank Vizetelly), November 15, 1862, copyright Illustrated London News Ltd. / Mary Evans

General Stuart with his cavalry scouting in the neighborhood of Culpeper Court House, Illustrated London News (Frank Vizetelly), October 4, 1862

Night amusements in the Confederate camp, Illustrated London News (Frank Vizetelly), January 10, 1863

Not Up to Time; or, Interference Would Be Very Welcome, Punch, September 13, 1862

Abe Lincolns Last Card; or, Rouge-et-Noir, Punch, October 18, 1862

One Head Better Than Two, Punch, November 22, 1862

The bombardment of Fredericksburg, Virginia, on December 11, Illustrated London News (Frank Vizetelly), January 31, 1863

New Years reception at the White House, Washington, Illustrated London News (Frank Vizetelly), February 1, 1862

Scene on the Levee at New Orleans on the Departure of the Paroled Rebel Prisoners, Harpers Weekly, February 20, 1863, copyright Corbis

The Chain Bridge across the Potomac above Georgetown, Illustrated London News (Frank Vizetelly), October 12, 1861

Confederates deploying torpedoes by moonlight in the harbor channel, Charleston, Illustrated London News (Frank Vizetelly), May 16, 1863

Great Union and Emancipation meeting held at Exeter Hall, London, Harpers Weekly, March 14, 1863, copyright Corbis

Beware!, Punch, May 2, 1863

Unloading cotton from blockade runners at Nassau, New Providence, Illustrated London News (Frank Vizetelly), April 30, 1864

Train with reinforcements for General Johnston running off the track in the forests of Mississippi, Illustrated London News (Frank Vizetelly), August 8, 1863

Confederate scouts with percussion caps for the garrison of Vicksburg running the Federal pickets, Illustrated London News (Frank Vizetelly), August 29, 1863

A certificate for the 7 Per Cent Cotton Loan, C. Narbeth, R. Hendy & C. Stocker, Collecting Paper Money and Bonds

Southern refugees camping in the woods near Vicksburg, Illustrated London News (Frank Vizetelly), August 29, 1863

General Longstreets corps crossing the Blue Ridge from the Shenandoah to the Rappahannock, Virginia, Illustrated London News (Frank Vizetelly), January 10, 1863

The surrender of Vicksburgthe rebels marching out and stacking arms, Harpers Weekly (Theodore R. Davis), August 1, 1863, copyright Corbis

The surrender of Vicksburgview of the city from the riverbank, Harpers Weekly (Theodore R. Davis), August 1, 1863, copyright Corbis

Rowdy Notions of Emancipation, Punch, August 8, 1863

The Federals shelling the city of Charlestonshells bursting in the streets, Illustrated London News (Frank Vizetelly), December 5, 1863

HMS Majestic keeping watch over the steam rams in the Mersey, Illustrated London News (based on a drawing by William Woods), November 28, 1863

View of Chattanooga and the Federal lines from the lower ridge of Lookout Mountain, Illustrated London News (Frank Vizetelly), December 26, 1863

Winter quarters of Jeb Stuarts cavalry, Illustrated London News (Frank Vizetelly), April 2, 1864

Neutrality, Punch, November 14, 1863

The Confederate cruiser