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	The Lancashire [cotton] operatives were the only class which as a class continues actively inimical to us. With them the unreasoning aversion to our institutions is as firmly rooted as in any part of New England
	Henry Hotze, Confederate propagandist

Captain Lewis Guy Phillips By Barrie Almond (The original text of this article appeared in 'Crossfire' the magazine of the ACWRT (UK) No. 84, August 2007) Since I began my research on Captain Lewis Guy Phillips in 1982 it would be remiss of me if I failed to mention help I have received from the National ... read more ›

“ Ridiculous failure” - George McClellan and the Delafield Commission By John LaskeyAutumn 2006 sees the 150th anniversary of the end of the Crimean War, the conflict that to a large extent pre-figured the experiences of the American Civil War. The staging of this major European conflict did not go unnoticed by the United States government, which was ... read more ›

Battles in the Round By John BennettEchoes of the American Civil War turn up in the most unexpected places and none more so than the Pleasure Beach at Blackpool. Here, in 1910, a building called the Spectatorium was opened, in which, in a circular viewing theatre, 500 people at a time could watch a depiction ... read more ›

"France's Opportunity": an Englishman's Plea for French Intervention By Charles Priestley IN a pamphlet published in French in 1865, distinguished British banker John Welsford Cowell told his readers that he had "For four years...tried, on various occasions, to explain to my fellow-countrymen the vital ... read more ›

"A Popular Place With Rebels" A Footnote in Confederate History By John Bennett During the American Civil War, the genteel 'watering hole' of Royal Leamington Spa in the county of  Warwickshire, England became a discreet nest of confederate operatives and their families. some of them ... read more ›

George Washington's 'Alabama Incident': The Affair of 'Little Sarah' By John Laskey   Sixty years before the 'Alabama Incident', Britain and the USA had nearly come to blows over another affair of a privateer ship enjoying a safe haven in neutral waters. But on the earlier occasion, the roles of the complainant and defendant in the case were ... read more ›

General Jackson's Statue By John Bennett  Paid for by British gentlemen-admirers, Stonewall Jackson's pedestrian memorial in Richmond, Virginia was designed by a renowned Irish sculptor but only erected a decade after the war had ended - and after the artist's ... read more ›

Cleaning Tremlett's Grave By Charles Priestley  (This article appeared under the same title in 'Crossfire', the magazine of the ACWRT (UK) no. 73 - December 2003. Reproduced here with additional picture) Charles, a regular ACWRT(UK) contributor, ... read more ›

Marx & Engels on the Civil War By John Laskey (This article appeared under the same title in 'Crossfire', the magazine of the ACWRT (UK) no. 73 - December 2003. Reproduced here with additional picture) revolutionary icons marx and engels ... read more ›

Edinburgh's Civil War Memorial By Michael Aidin (This article appeared as 'With a "Clasp of Loving Hands", Edinburgh is the Home to the Only Civil War Memorial Outside the US' in ... read more ›