A World on Fire_ Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War - Amanda Foreman [0]
Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire
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.
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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
www.atrandom.com
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).)
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Contents
Cover
Other Books by This Author
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
List of Illustrations
List of Plates
List of Maps
Preface
Dramatis Personae
Prologue
PART I: COTTON IS KING
1. The Uneasy Cousins
2. On the Best of Terms
3. “The Cards Are in Our Hands!”
4. Expectations Are Dashed
5. The Rebel Yell
6. War by Other Means
7. “It Takes Two to Make a Quarrel”
8. The Lion Roars Back
9. The War Moves to England
10. The First Blow Against Slavery
11. Five Miles from Richmond
12. The South Is Rising
13. Is Blood Thicker Than Water?
14. A Fateful Decision
PART II: FIRE ALL AROUND THEM
15. Bloodbath at Fredericksburg
16. The Missing Key to Victory
17. “The Tinsel Has Worn Off”
18. Faltering Steps of a Counterrevolution
19. Prophecies of Blood and Suffering
20. The Key Is in the Lock
21. The Eve of Battle
22. Crossroads at Gettysburg
23. Pressure Rising
24. Devouring the Young
25. River of Death
26. Can the Nation Endure?
PART III: IF ONLY WE ARE SPARED
27. Buckling Under Pressure
28. A Great Slaughter
29. “Defiance to Her Enemies”
30. “Can We Hold Out?”
31. The Crisis Comes
32. The Tyranny of Hope
33. “Come Retribution”
34. “War Is Cruelty”
35. “The British Mark on Every Battle-field”
36. “Richmond Tomorrow”
37. Fire, Fire
38. “A True-Born King of Men”
Epilogue
Photo Inserts
Additional Images
Acknowledgments
Notes
Glossary
About the Author
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