This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTSVOLUME ONEI. BACKGROUNDS II. FIRST KNOWLEDGE OF IMPENDING CONFLICT, 1860-61 III. THE DEVELOPMENT OF A POLICY, MAY, 1861 IV. BRITISH SUSPICION OF SEWARD V. THE DECLARATION OF PARIS NEGOTIATION VI. BULL RUN; CONSUL BUNCH; COTTON, AND MERCIER VII. THE TRENT VIII. THE BLOCKADE IX. ENTER MR. LINDSAYVOLUME TWOX. KING COTTON XI. RUSSELL’S MEDIATION PLAN XII. THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION XIII. THE LAIRD RAMS XIV. ROEBUCK’S MOTION XV. THE SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE ASSOCIATION XVI. BRITISH CONFIDENCE IN THE SOUTH XVII. THE END OF THE WAR XVIII. THE KEY-NOTE OF BRITISH ATTITUDE