The Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe: Or, how the Confederate Cruisers Were Equipped Book

	Introduction	xv
	A Chart of the Naval Histories of the Confederate Cruisers of European Origin	xxvi
	Chronology	xxix
	Preface	xxxix
	Foreword	3
Chapter I15
	Sketch of the anomalous condition of the whole country, North and South, during the period between the election of Mr. Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States and the beginning of hostilities, in theory an undivided Republic, in fact two separate Governments: one at Washington, one at Montgomery
	The organization of the Confederate Navy Department
	The poverty of the South with respect to naval resources
	The naval policy of the Confederate Government
	The necessity of looking abroad for the means to carry on naval operations
	The commencement of hostilities
	The Louisiana "Board of War" and the Bienville
	Personal incidents
	Journey South
	Blocking the Mississippi
Chapter II37
	Messrs. Fraser, Trenholm and Co.
	The Confederate Commissioners
	Major Huse, the Military Agent
	Early operations
	Restrictions of the Proclamations of Neutrality
	Their effects upon United States and Confederate Cruisers
	The Oreto (Florida)
	Messrs. Laird and the Alabama
	The Equipment of the Alabama
	Counsel's Opinion on the Foreign Enlistment Act
	Despatch of the Bermuda with supplies for the Confederate Army
	Second Voyage and Capture of the Bermuda
	The Trial at Philadelphia
	The United States and belligerent rights
	Decree of Court in the Bermuda case
	Contrast between the action of the United States as a belligerent and as a neutral concerning belligerent rights
	The United States and neutral vessels during the Crimean War
	The Bahama Islands "Regulations" of the British Government
	Reasons for the seeming indifference of the British Government
	Precedents established by the United States favourable to Great Britain
	European Naval Armaments
	British Ship-building
	Importance of British Mercantile Marine
	Weakness of the United States as a Naval Power
	Former efficiency of the American Navy
	Seamanship in the Past and the Present
Chapter III69
	Financial embarrassments of the Confederate Agents
	Incomplete organization of the Confederate Executive at this period
	The financial arrangements of the Confederate States in Europe
	Incompleteness of the instructions of the Naval Representative, and insufficiency of the arrangements to meet financial requirements
	Purchase and equipment of the Fingal, afterwards the Atlanta
	Shipment of war material
	Mr. Low, second officer of the Fingal
	An unfortunate start
	The island of Terceira
	The crew agree to run the blockade
	Arrival in the Savannah river
	The state of the Southern forces
	Correspondence concerning the future operations of the Fingal
	Enlargement of powers as Naval Representative in Europe
	Flag-officer Josiah Tattnall
	Conversion of the Fingal into the armour-clad Atlanta
	Her engagement with and capture by two United States "Monitors."
	Return to England
Chapter IV104
	The Florida
	Captain Duguid
	Correspondence concerning the Florida
	Her arrival at Nassau
	Commander Maffitt
	The United States blockade of the British Bahama Channel
	The equipping of the Florida
	Yellow fever
	The Florida runs the blockade at Mobile
	An unparalleled chase
	The Florida's cruise in the West Indies
	Vessels captured by the Florida
	Her stay at Brest
	Her second cruise
	Her assassination by the Wachusett
	Justification of the use of the term "assassination."
	The Brazilian Government and the capture of the Florida
	United States treatment of prisoners-of-war
Chapter V160
	The building of the Alabama
	Suspicions of the United States Consul at Liverpool
	Captain Butcher
	The equipping of the Alabama
	Quitting Liverpool
	Bond, the Pilot
	Official Correspondence
	Captain Semmes
	The Alabama handed over to his charge
	Some matters connected with the clearance of the Alabama from Liverpool
	Mr. Price Edwards, the Collector of Customs at that Port
	The Alabama's first engagement
	The Alabama a legitimate vessel-of-war
	Action of the United States in regard to commissioning vessels at sea
	Influence of the cruisers on the United States carrying trade
	The Alabama's action with the Kearsarge
	Mr. Seward and Earl Russell
Chapter VI207
	The Confederate cruisers and the Foreign Enlistment Act
	The protest of the United States against the "laxity" of the British Government
	The answer of the British Government
	The Confederate States admitted to be belligerents by the Supreme Court of the United States, and acknowledged as such by the European Powers
	Debate in the House of Commons
	European recruits for the United States Army in England
	Review of the situation of the belligerents in regard to neutral States
	The American and the English Foreign Enlistment Acts
	The Alexandra Case
	The Crown witnesses
	Conclusions to be drawn from this case
	After-history of the Alexandra
	Other vessels searched at the instigation of the United States Consul
	United States purchases in England
	The Board of Trade Returns
	Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. and the United States
	Condition of the Confederates during the War
Chapter VII260
	Review of the Situation in November, 1861
	Changed purposes of the Confederate Government in regard to their naval operations
	Armour-clad vessels required
	Two contracted for with Messrs. Laird Brothers
	Correspondence concerning them
	Their transfer to Messrs. Bravay, and their ultimate purchase by Government and enrollment in her Majesty's navy as the Scorpion and the Wivern
	Action of her Majesty's Government and that of the United States in reference to these vessels
	Inconsistency of the declarations and actions of the British Government
Chapter VIII317
	English Political Parties and the Civil War
	Pertinacity of Mr. Secretary Seward
	Vacillation of the Liberal Government
	Present Position of the Liberal Party
	The French Proclamation of Neutrality
	Arrangements for building cruisers at Bordeaux
	Appropriation of [pound]2,000,000 for Ironclads by Congress
	Financial difficulties
	Propositions to purchase vessels from the French Navy
	Correspondence concerning the vessels building in France
	Deceptive attitude of the French Government
	The vessels sold by their imperative orders
	Panic at Boston and New York regarding the Confederate cruisers
Chapter IX361
	Misconception by the United States of the attitude of the English and French Governments
	Repurchase of the Sphinx from Denmark
	Precarious condition of the Confederate Cause at that period
	Correspondence concerning the despatch of the Stonewall (Sphinx) from Copenhagen in conjunction with the City of Richmond from London
	The Stonewall's challenge to the United States ships Niagara and Sacramento
	Surrender of the Stonewall to the Cuban Government at the end of the War
	Her subsequent delivery to the United States
	Presidents Lincoln and Johnson
	The "reconstruction" of the Southern States
	Political condition of the United States at the present day
	Notes	609
	Index	615