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'Seward's Delegation at Trenton Falls, New York'
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An 1863 outing of foreign ambassadors to the Union under Secretary of State William Seward, visiting New York's Trenton Falls; Secretary Seward stands…
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The Civil War at Sea
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Despite its neutral status being declared early in the conflict, this did not prevent Great Britain's involvement in several prominent maritime…
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An International View of the American Conflict: The British Empire and the Civil War
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The American Civil War, while predominantly remembered as a domestic conflict, a 'War between the States,' was not isolated from...
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'After the Morrill Tariff'
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The second of a pair of images printed by Harper's Weekly concerning the British response to the Morril Tariff's passage. This illustration reflects…
'Before the Morrill Tariff'
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The first in a pair of images printed by Harper's Weekly shortly after the start of the Civil War, focusing on British responses to the recently…
'The Webster-Ashburton Treaty Ratification'
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An agreement ending the non-violent territorial dispute known as the Aroostook War (1838-1839), between the U.S. and British North America, the…
"The Apple of Discord at the Geneva Tribunal"
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One of the last outstanding diploamtic issues of the Civil War, the resolution of American damage claims over the actions of the British-built…
'William Howard Russell'
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This photograph, taken during his time spent covering the Crimean War of the 1850s, shows the reporter seated. William Howard Russell acted as the…