The American Civil War Through British Eyes: Dispatches From British Diplomats, April 1862-February 1863: Vol. 2

The dispatches from Lord Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons. Second Baron, British Envoy Extraordinary in Washington, D. C., during the Civil War offer insight into contemporaneous Anglo-American relations. The three-and-a-half-year period covered in these two volumes witnessed the fierce and deadly battles of the war fought both in the North and in the South, the sifting moods of public opinion and patriotic fervor, the changing economic conditions, and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. The three volumes of "The American Civil War through British Eyes make available important, previously unpublished documents that fill a void for students and scholars of the war. Lyon's dispatches offer a unique perspective on America during its bitterest test of national unity. Through them the Civil War unfolds not in retrospect but through the eyes of a contemporary observer.Patience P. Barnes is the author of 'The American Civil War Through British Eyes: Dispatches From British Diplomats, April 1862-February 1863: Vol. 2' with ISBN 9780873388306 and ISBN 0873388305.