My Diary North and South

by Russell, William Howard

• ISBN13: 9781108041232
• ISBN10: 110804123X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-12-04
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

William Howard Russell (1820–1907) was a nineteenth-century war correspondent for The Times. In 1861–2 he visited America to report on the secession crisis that had followed Abraham Lincoln's campaign to abolish slavery, in which eleven southern states had withdrawn from the United States to form their own confederacy, resulting in the American Civil War. First published in 1863, this two-volume work recounts Russell's experiences there. Based on his interviews with Lincoln, other pivotal figures, and ordinary citizens, together with his diaries and his letters to The Times, it documents his impressions of both the northern and the opposing southern states as he travelled through them. His book, thought to have been compiled in response to accusations that he was biased towards the South, provides a revealing eyewitness account of life during a landmark period in America's history.

Table of Contents

Down the Mississippi

Camp Randolph

Heavy Bill

Camp at Cairo

Impending battle

Progress of events

Niagara

Departure for Washington

Interview with Mr. Seward

Arlington Heights and the Potomac

Fortress Monroe

The 'State House' at Annapolis

Skirmish at Bull's Run

To the scene of action

A runaway crowd at Washington

Attack of illness

Return to Baltimore

A tour of inspection round the camp

Personal unpopularity

A Crimean acquaintance

Another Crimean acquaintance

General Scott's resignation

A captain under arrest

News of the death of the Prince Consort

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