Secret history of Confederate diplomacy abroad /
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Lawrence :
University Press of Kansas,
[2005]
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Table of Contents:
- 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
- My Interview with Lord Palmerston-His Public and Private Opinions of North and South
- The Confederate Offer Made to the Emperor-How He Received It-A Month at Vichy
- How Our Secret Negotiations Progressed-What Impeded and Finally Frustrated It
- Press Work in Paris and the Provinces-Secret Service and Its Results-French Journalism
- The English Press and Its Influence on Diplomacy-Its Leading War Correspondents in America-Henry Ward Beecher's Testimony
- The Mexican Intrigue in Its Early Stages-Confederate Connection with It-The Emperor's Proposals for an Armistice and for Mediation
- The Emperor's Last Effort at Mediation-What We Hoped to Gain by It-Simultaneous Snubbing of France by Mr. Seward and Mr. Benjamin-French Intrigues in Texas
- The Confederate Cotton Loan-Who Originated and Who Worked It-Its Influence on Confederate Credit and Diplomacy in Europe
- Appendix: 1 Three Letters from a South Carolinian, Relating to Secession, Slavery and the Trent Case / by Edwin De Leon
- Appendix: 2 "How We Broke the Blockade" / by Edwin De Leon
- Appendix: 3 The Truth about the Confederate States of America / by Edwin De Leon.