December19, 2011. Paradise Village, Mexico. A World on Fire.

I never paid attention to the impact of Britain on the Civil War, until I read the book by Amanda Foreman.  The name of the book is "A World on Fire: Britain's critical role in the Civil War.  It is interesting.  It is not so much what was done but what Britain did not do, such as not name the Confederates as a Nation.  Rather they stayed neutrals throughout the war.

It is interesting to note that the English had a bond with the folks from the south.  Of course the English mills were in need of the southern cotton but the English hated the slave trade and slavery, so they had a problem.  The book tells you all the players both pro Union and pro Confederate and explains what happened.

I have read much about the Civil War but this book adds to my information bank.