The commonplace descriptions of the American Civil War – ‘Brother against Brother,’ or the ‘North vs. South,’ – reflect the largely contained nature of the conflict. It was not a war waged on or upon Americans by an outside power, nor were any such entities directly involved in a military capacity. The conflict was domestic, borne out of tensions that had brewed for decades, catalyzed by the divide over slavery. Yet the war that followed in the aftermath of the Secession Crisis in 1861 was not without an international element.
While the dueling campaigns of the North and South unfolded over its duration, a different struggle developed away from the battlefield. While today, we know the Civil War to be purely a conflict fought between fellow Americans, the idea of foreign intervention was not a distant possibility. This site aims to tell the story of the Civil War from an international perspective, specifically focused upon diplomacy and interests in the British Empire. To this end, those looking to research these aspects of the Civil War, or are just interested in the subject, can find useful resources available located throughout this site.
Develop a further understanding of the subject looking through an online collection of documents, imagery and other materials that convey different views and interests, American and British alike, found on the linked page through Omeka.
Follow the course of the Civil War through online timelines, from coverage of the changing Anglo-American relationship or placing the conflict in a broader global context.
Explore prominent issues, figures and themes of the conflict and their relevance to Anglo-American diplomacy through a more in-depth analysis through project pages.
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