Secret history of Confederate diplomacy abroad
By: Edwin De Leon ; edited by William C. Davis.
Contributors: Davis, William C., 1946-
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Lawrence
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: De Leon, Edwin, 1818-1891; Confederate States of America -- Foreign relations; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1861-1865
Description: One of the South's most urgent priorities in the Civil War was obtaining the recognition of foreign governments. Edwin De Leon, a Confederate propagandist charged with wooing Britain and France, opens up this vital dimension of the war in the earliest known account by a Confederate foreign agent." "First published in the New York Citizen in 1867-68, De Leon's memoir subsequently sank out of sight until its recent rediscovery by William C. Davis, one of the Civil War field's true luminaries. Both reflective and engaging, it brims with insights and immediacy, covering everything from the diplomatic impact of the Battle of Bull Run to the candid opinions of Lord Palmerston to the progress of secret negotiations at Vichy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.