Heritage UK

	"Whereas we had available for immediate purposes one hundred and forty-nine first-class warships, we have now two, these two being the Warrior and her sister Ironside. There is not now a ship in the English navy apart from these two that it would not be madness to trust to an engagement with that little Monitor"
	- The London Times comments on the battle between the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia ironclads

UK People in the Civil War by Maurice RigbyEditorial note: This is the first of many (I hope) small vignettes of Britons who played a role in the American Civil War. Contributions are welcome from any source so get digging!Webmaster adds: image is Owen Reynold's photo of Joe Hudson's prize-winning 'Blockade ... read more ›

Charles K Prioleau - Lost for the Cause? A report of neearly half a century of research by Jerry WilliamsMy original researches began in the late 1960s when I was working at Cammell Lairds Shipyard. Whilst I there the finding of important documents relating to the construction of the Alabama and also the Laird's Ram's, the ... read more ›

A Civil War Tour of Liverpool (The original version of this article appeared in 'Crossfire' the magazine of the ACWRT (UK) No.68 as 'The Liverpool Tour') By Jeremy Edwards and Peter Burrows The Civil War history of Liverpool, and the sites that can be visited to provide some background to that ... read more ›

Wirral Civil War Heritage Trail As one of the major ports in the Atlantic, Liverpool was a common destination for Confederate sailors and ships. The Wirral Civil War Heritage Trail has been produced by the ACWRT (UK) in conjunction with the Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT). Trracing all known American Civil War ... read more ›

Liverpool - July 17th 2009 James H. Stubbs and Irvine Bulloch - once bitter enemies now united in deathby Bob JonesMembers of the England based Lt. John Low Camp SCV, and re-enactors, along with Neville Wantling and friends, gathered on Saturday afternoon at Toxteth Park cemetery in Liverpool to rededicate ... read more ›

Restoring the Grave of Irvine Stephens Bulloch, CSN by Bob JonesIn 2001 a ceremony for the two Bulloch brothers was held in Toxteth Park cemetery, Liverpool, England. This was arranged by Mr Roy Rawlinson in conjunction with Mrs Annette Elam Wetzel of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC).After the event, efforts were made ... 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 ›

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 ›

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 'Crossfire', ... read more ›

'Semmes Slept Here' (This article appeared as 'In Search of Kelway's Hotel' in 'Crossfire', the magazine of the ACWRT (UK) no. 65 - April 2001) By Charles Priestley Charles, a regular ACWRT(UK) contributer, does some more detective work; this time in the English ... read more ›