OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES IN EUROPE OR, How the Confederate Cruisers were Equipped. BY JAMES D. BULLOCH, NAVAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES IN EUROPE DURING PREFACE. THE American Civil War of 1861-65 will always remain a notable event in history; and its effects upon the character of the American people and the political institutions of the country are questions which have not yet received a final solution. Thus it is probable that every addition to the history of that great struggle which is founded upon facts not hitherto known, will be received with some favour by those who were actors in the events, or who, from their position as statesmen, are led to observe and to carefully note the political disasters which periodically disturb contemporary nations. But it is, nevertheless, manifest that the subject has already lost its interest with the general public, who are mostly absorbed in practical affairs of present importance, or who seek amusement in literature of a wholly different kind. This work has not, therefore, been written with the expectation of supplying a public demand, but from a sense of duty, and in compliance with the urgent request of many persons who took opposite sides in the Civil War, and who have thought that the future historian should be furnished with the |