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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 THE CIVIL WAR.
CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
CHAPTER I.
English Political Parties and the Civil War.-Pertinacity of
Mr. Secretary Seward.-Vacillation of the Liberal Govern-
ment.-Present Position of the Liberal Party.-The French
Proclamation of Neutrality.-Arrangements for building
cruisers at Bordeaux.-Appropriation of £2,000,000 for Iron-
clads by Congress.-Financial difficulties.-Propositions to
purchase vessels from the French Navy.-Correspondence
concerning the vessels building in France. Deceptive atti-
tude of the French Government. The vessels sold by their
imperative orders.-Panic at Boston and New York regard-
ing the Confederate cruisers
PAGE
1-67
CHAPTER II.
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Misconception by the United States of the attitude of the
English and French Governments.-Repurchase of the Sphinx
from Denmark.-Precarious condition of the Confederate
Cause at that period. Correspondence concerning the
despatch of the Stonewall (Sphinx) from Copenhagen in con-
junction with the City of Richmond from London. -The
Stonewall's challenge to the United States ships Niagara and
Sacramento.-Surrender of the Stonewall to the Cuban Govern-
ment at the end of the War.-Her subsequent delivery to the
United States
68-105