Free Downloads Dispatches From Bermuda: The Civil War Letters Of Charles Maxwell Allen, United States Consul At Bermuda, 1861-1888 (Civil War In The North)
Charles Maxwell Allen was US consul to Bermuda during the Civil War. It was an important post, as the British colony was a centre for Confederate blockade-running activities, and Allen found himself involved in the world of espionage as he sought to thwart these activities. This book presents his dispatches to the State Department.
Hardcover: 251 pages
Publisher: Kent State University Press; First Edition (US) First Printing edition (October 9, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0873389387
ISBN-13: 978-0873389389
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 1 x 9.3 inches
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Dispatches from Bermuda is one of the firsthand books you start reading and don't want to put down. Like logistics, Civil War diplomacy is rarely studied, and that is a shame because it had a large impact on the war in ways that many people do not appreciate (just like logistics). Allen's perspective as U.S. consul in Bermuda is fascinating and unique because he was the North's only official representative there in a hotbed of Confederate activity. If you are interested in Union blockading efforts and related matters, read this book. Allen's letters and the author's notations are really worthwhile and add something fresh to the discussion.
Something new on the Civil War? You might think that is impossible, even as the bicentennial approaches, now less than two years away. Here's something new, thanks to the meticulous editorial work of Chicago scholar and antiquarian bookseller, Glen N. Wiche. The letters of Charles Maxwell Allen, the U.S. Consul to Bermuda, largely have escaped the attention of historians, but that no longer will be the case because of this compilation and the editor's invaluable commentary. If you think that Bermuda is a sideshow to the Civil War, then think again: its location was central to the Union blockade of southern seaports and the efforts to defy the blockade and slip war supplies to the Confederacy. These potentially were game-changers in the Civil War as a whole, and occupied considerable attention by Lincoln. Allen was virtually alone in representing the interests of the United States on an island of Confederate sympathizers. This is a fascinating window into citizenship and foreign service, one that is a reminder of the courage and personal sacrifices made by our own foreign service representatives during today's dangerous times.
This book covered a very interesting an not widely known subject... One should read it. I am sure you will find it interesting.
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