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"..there is great rejoicing throughout the country over this success which is universally and justly conceded a triumph over England as well as over the Rebels" - |
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US Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Welles on the sinking of the Mersey-built Confederate raider Alabama, June 1864 |
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 8 December 2001 - Gettysburg, Day Two: Last Chance for the South to Win?
Report by John Murray
The first half of John's talk set out the background to the July 2,1863 fighting in great detail. John described the main war aims of the North and the South and contrasted the Armies of the Potomac and of Northern Virginia. For example, the North ... read more ›
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 11 August 2001 - Lord Lyons and Civil War Diplomacy 1859-1865
Scott T Cairns, an American academic at the London School of Economics, is currently researching the career of Lord Lyons.
It was evident that the influence of a skilled diplomat, whose hands were not directly on the levers of power, significantly affected the attitude ... read more ›
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 9 June 2001 - The Notion of 'Black Loyalty' Under Fire
Report by Eric Heslop
In December 1999, Frank had talked to us about the use of Black troops and this later talk included the fruits of further research which had caused him to modify some of the views he had previously expressed. Recently awarded a PhD by the University ... read more ›
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 2 December 2000 - James Longstreet: Hero, Scapegoat or Traitor?
James Longstreet grew up on a family farm. Little educated and not expecting to inherit the farm, James - known as Peter - decided to follow a military career. Following the death of his father and having lost touch with his mother, Longstreet was adopted by an uncle. Longstreet ... read more ›
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 7 October 2000 - Jubal Early in the Valley, 1864
James described Grant's intentions to attack on various fronts with Hunter in the Shenandoah Valley and Butler approaching Richmond from due east. After the battles of the Overland Campaign Grant was "off balance". This led to the ill-fated attempt by Sheridan to link with ... read more ›
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 3 June 2000 - Animal Logistics in the American Civil War
..was the title of Lt. Col. Joe Whitehorne's talk at the National Army Museum last June, one which provided us with many statistics. Twenty-five cattle for instance were needed to feed 25 men for one month, so that an army of 50,000 men would therefore require 1,250 cattle to consume ... read more ›
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 15 April 2000 - Why Didn't Europe Intervene In The American Civil War?
Martin Meenagh, a tutor at Balliol College, Oxford, addressed the Annual Luncheon held at the Royal Over-Seas League. Martin began by asserting that many thought there would be European intervention. Britain, then the world's greatest power, could have taken the lead. Ultimately however, ... read more ›
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 22 January 2000 (1): The Blood of the Patriot: 114th Pennsylvania Volunteers (Zouaves)
Ed Hagerty's presentation traced the fortunes of the 114th Pennsylvania Volunteers, a "Zouave" regiment under the command of Col. Charles Collis who was born in Ireland and was a lawyer. Although the term "zouave" suggested 'elan' and dash, the 114th was known ... read more ›
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 22 January 2000 (2): The Battle of the Crater (Siege of Petersburg) 30 July 1864.
Mike Cavanaugh began by summarising briefly Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign, which led by 19 June 1864 to Petersburg coming under siege. The Ninth Corps, including the 48th Pennsylvania consisting of miners, was in the centre of the line. Col. Henry Pleasance, of the 48th, had ideas ... read more ›
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 4 December 1999 - 'The Good, the Bad or the Ugly': the Rise and Fall of the Confederate Irregular Forces'
Philip Lewis gave the final Round Table talk of the year at the National Army Museum. This concentrated upon the activities of Morgan's Raiders, Mosby's Rangers and Quantrill's Raiders.
In May 1861, there was concern with Jefferson Davis' strategy which, to many, resulted ... read more ›
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