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Two Months in the Confederate States - An Englishman's Travels Through the South (Paperback, New edition)
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Two Months in the Confederate States - An Englishman's Travels Through the South (Paperback, New edition)
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Loot Price R423
Discovery Miles 4 230
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In the fall of 1862 W. C. Corsan, an English steel merchant and
manufacturer from Sheffield, visited the Confederacy to judge the
impact of the American Civil War, especially the blockade, on his
business prospects. Upon his return to Britain, Corsan penned his
observations about the South and its Cause, and his memoir was
published in London the following year. With the author identified
in the book only as an ""English Merchant,"" Corsan remained
obscure for more than 125 years. In this new edition, Benjamin H.
Trask's marvelous research identifies Corsan as the heretofore
anonymous merchant and tracks his course from New York to New
Orleans and across the Deep South. Trask's introduction gives the
first published information about Corsan's life and firm, and also
ably places the merchant's visit in the context of England's
possible intervention on the side of the Confederacy. In a clear,
lively, and at times humorous style, Corsan details his
experiences, which include nearly being drafted into the Rebel
army. He also records southerners' attitudes toward the war and, as
was natural given his background and mission, economic and
financial matters. Trask's footnotes provide welcome commentary on
the text. A rosy view of the Confederacy emerges from Corsan's
narrative. Everywhere he went, the Englishman found southern morale
very high. As he traveled, he analyzed the relative strengths of
the opposing sides and concluded that the South would easily win
the war. Although Corsan was opposed to slavery, he adamantly
believed blacks incapable of rising in rebellion against their
masters or of engaging in combat against southern troops. Corsan's
accurate descriptions of his surroundings reveal much about the
Confederacy; his inaccuracies disclose much about himself and the
British merchant class. With Trask's notes illuminating the
distinction, Two Months in the Confederate States is an invaluable
resource for students of both the Civil War and the Victorian era.
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