Confederate Operations in Canada and New York

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Dedication: "To the memory of the defenseless non-combatant people of the South who suffered the untold horrors of merciless warfare - desolation, destitution, imprisonment of deat h; of the persecuted people of the North whose sense of justice and humanity revolted at a crusade for the cause of John Brown, and of Horace Greeley, Gerrit Smith and Cornelius Vanderbilt, this volume is reverently dedicated by the author." Topics include: "Election of Abraham Lincoln precipitates secession;" "Cruelty to non-combatant sympathizers with the South;" "Sympathy for prisoners in Canada;" "Confederates attempt to burn business section of New York City;" "Trial of Lieutenant Young and his men at Montreal;" "Plans and efforts to capture Vice-President-elect Andrew Johnson at the Louisville Hotel;" "Ovation to Mr. Davis in the South;" "Subsequent lives of Confederate officers who served in Canada;" "Conduct of Southern authorities and soldiers;" etc. Show more