Confederates from Canada

John Yates Beall and the Rebel Raids on the Great Lakes

Ralph Lindeman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2023
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-9278-4 (ISBN)

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Revisiting one of the forgotten chapters of the Civil War, this deeply-researched history covers the South’s operations in Canada. One of the most significant raids is covered in detail for the first time: Virginia planter turned Confederate agent John Yates Beall’s attempt to liberate 2,700 Confederate officers from a prison camp on Lake Erie.

Unable to achieve sustained military success in the Civil War, the Confederacy tried a daring strategy in 1864--commando-style raids into northern states from Canada. Taking advantage of the undefended border, rebels hit targets along the Great Lakes, where growing antiwar sentiment was an election-year problem for the Lincoln administration.

Revisiting one of the forgotten chapters of the war, this is a deeply-researched history of the South's operations in Canada. One of the most significant raids is covered in detail for the first time: Virginia planter turned Confederate agent John Yates Beall's attempt to liberate 2,700 Confederate officers from a prison camp on Lake Erie.

Ralph Lindeman is a former trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice and later worked as a journalist in Washington, D.C., where he covered the White House and Congress.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

1. The Prisoner

2. The Island

3. The Prison

4. First Arrivals

5. Rebels on the Island

6. A Plan Emerges in Canada

7. A Meeting in Richmond

8. “Fire in the Rear”

9. Pirates on Chesapeake Bay

10. Life on the Island

11. The Northwest Conspiracy Takes Shape

12. Confederate Commissioners Head to Canada

13. Battle Plans and Diplomacy

14. A Gathering in Chicago

15. Hard Times on the Island

16. “I Seize This Boat and Take You as Prisoner”

17. A Confederate Flag Flies on Lake Erie

18. A Telegram from Detroit

19. Chase and Escape

20. Aftermath

21. A Visitor to Montreal

22. The Ill-Fated Voyage of the CSS Georgian

23. A Train from Sandusky

24. Behind Bars on Mulberry Street

25. The Trial

26. Cries for Mercy

27. The Execution

Epilogue

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	21.10.2023
Zusatzinfo	20 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	431 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-4766-9278-5 / 1476692785
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-9278-4 / 9781476692784
Zustand	Neuware