Secret history of Confederate diplomacy abroad

De Leon, Edwin 1818-1891 (Author). Davis, William C., 1946- (Added Author).

Item details

ISBN: 0700614117 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780700614110 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xxxi, 224 p. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, c2005.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreshadowing of the war : the true position of Jefferson Davis -- General opinion in Europe of America and the Americans -- Feeling of France at the opening of the war -- Pen portraits of the Emperor, of his Cabinet, and of the opposition -- How coming events cast their shadows in England in 1861 -- The first echoes from Montgomery -- The three first commissioners : Messrs. Rost, Yancey and Mann -- Judge Rost's first movements at Paris : Mr. Dayton : Cassius M. Clay -- Mr. Gregory's motion for recognition of the Southern Confederacy : the scene and the actors -- Mr. Gregory's motion : sketches of leading English statesmen : fall of the curtain on the first act -- The influence of the Battle of Bull's Run, the cotton famine, and the Trent case on Confederate diplomacy abroad -- Inside of the Confederacy : impressions of the men and things I saw there : President Davis and his Cabinet -- Mr. Yancey's return and proposed withdrawal of the commissioners : my counter movement and secret mission to Europe : a glimpse of Gen. Lee.