A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War
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Authors: Amanda Foreman
Tags: #Europe, #International Relations, #Modern, #General, #United States, #Great Britain, #Public Opinion, #Political Science, #Civil War Period (1850-1877), #19th Century, #History
ALSO BY AMANDA FOREMAN
Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire
Copyright © 2010 by Amanda Foreman
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Random House, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
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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: Britain’s 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 States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Participation, British.
2. United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Foreign public opinion,
British. 3. United States—Foreign relations—Great Britain. 4. Great Britain—
Foreign relations—United States. 5. United States—Foreign relations—
1861–1865. 6. Great Britain—Foreign relations—1837–1901.
7. Public opinion—Great Britain—History—19th century. I. Title.
E469.F67 2011
973.7’2—dc22 2011003726
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” (Queen‗s Lancashire Regiment Museum, Preston, Lancashire/Bridgemen Art Library); Union flag (© Civil War Archive/Bridgemen Art Library).)
v3.1
For the children
Contents
PART I: COTTON IS KING
3. “The Cards Are in Our Hands!”
7. “It Takes Two to Make a Quarrel”
10. The First Blow Against Slavery
13. Is Blood Thicker Than Water?
PART II: FIRE ALL AROUND THEM
15. Bloodbath at Fredericksburg
16. The Missing Key to Victory
18. Faltering Steps of a Counterrevolution
19. Prophecies of Blood and Suffering
PART III: IF ONLY WE ARE SPARED
35. “The British Mark on Every Battle-field”
List of Illustrations
Click on the illustration numbers below to navigate to each illustration. You can then click the illustration number beneath the image to navigate back to this section.
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.
ill.1
The Napier Ball at Willard’s Hotel, Washington, D.C.,
Harpers Weekly
(E. Hooper), March 3, 1859
ill.2
Willard’s Hotel in 1861,
Harpers Weekly
ill.3
“Life in an American Hotel?,”
Punch
(John Leech), June 25, 1856
ill.4
Grand torchlight parade of the New York firemen,
Harpers Weekly,
October 13, 1860
ill.5
“Monkey Uncommon Up, Massa!,”
Punch,
December 1, 1860
ill.6
“A Family Quarrel,”
Punch,
September 28, 1861
ill.7
Attack on the pickets of the Garibaldi Guard on the banks of the Potomac,
Illustrated London News
(Frank Vizetelly), July 20, 1861
ill.8
The stampede from Bull Run,
Illustrated London News
(Frank Vizetelly), August 17, 1861
ill.9
Reconnaissance made by General Stoneman to Cedar Run,
Illustrated London News
(Frank Vizetelly), April 19, 1862
ill.10
“King Cotton Bound,”
Punch,
November 2, 1861
ill.11
“Look Out for Squalls,”
Punch,
December 7, 1861
ill.12
“Waiting for an Answer,”
Punch,
December 14, 1861
ill.13
“Up a Tree: Colonel Bull and the Yankee ’Coon,”
Punch,
January 11, 1862
ill.14
“Naughty Jonathan,”
Punch,
January 18, 1862
ill.15
USS
Picket
leading the ships of the Burnside expedition over the Hatteras Bar,
Illustrated London News
(Frank Vizetelly), February 22, 1862
ill.16
The 9th New York Volunteers (Hawkins’s Zouaves) and the 21st Massachusetts taking the Confederate fieldworks on Roanoke Island,
Illustrated London News
(Frank Vizetelly), March 22, 1862
ill.17
“Over the Way,”
Punch,
November 16, 1861
ill.18
“Divorce à Vinculo,”
Punch,
January 19, 1861
ill.19
CSS
Nashville
running the blockade at Beaufort, North Carolina,
Harpers Weekly,
April 5, 1862, copyright © Corbis
ill.20
Jefferson Thompson’s guerrillas shooting at Federal boats in the Mississippi,
Illustrated London News
(Frank Vizetelly), June 14, 1862
ill.21
Engagement off Fort Pillow, Mississippi River, between Federal and Confederate gunboats,
Illustrated London News
(Frank Vizetelly), June 14, 1862
ill.22
The last stand made by the Federals at Manassas,
Illustrated London News
(Frank Vizetelly), November 15, 1862, copyright © Illustrated London News Ltd. / Mary Evans
ill.23
View of Richmond, Virginia,
Illustrated London News
(Frank Vizetelly), November 15, 1862, copyright © Illustrated London News Ltd. / Mary Evans
ill.24
General Stuart with his cavalry scouting in the neighborhood of Culpeper Court House,
Illustrated London News
(Frank Vizetelly), October 4, 1862
ill.25
Night amusements in the Confederate camp,
Illustrated London News
(Frank Vizetelly), January 10, 1863
ill.26
“Not Up to Time; or, Interference Would Be Very Welcome,”
Punch,
September 13, 1862
ill.27
“Abe Lincoln’s Last Card; or, Rouge-et-Noir,”
Punch,
October 18, 1862
ill.28
“One Head Better Than Two,”
Punch,
November 22, 1862
ill.29
The bombardment of Fredericksburg, Virginia, on December 11,
Illustrated London News
(Frank Vizetelly), January 31, 1863
ill.30
New Year’s reception at the White House, Washington,
Illustrated London News
(Frank Vizetelly), February 1, 1862
