The Civil War Podcast

One of the things I love about history is the ripple effect: One splash in America’s pond leads to ripples that extend North to Canada, South to Mexico, and apparently even East to Egypt. In less than a year’s time, Southern cotton exports would plummet by more than 50 percent and the European superpowers needed [...]

Well, while we could never really be considered any cog in an Axis of Evil, Canada did offer harbour (complete with extraneous “u”) to Confederate agents during the war years. http://www.cfhi.net/WilmingtonsWartimeCanadianConnection.phpthe site I mentioned yesterday details some of the efforts of the Confederate Secret Service, who coordinated cross-border activities during the conflict, including the St. [...]

The Gazette offers an interesting look at the anxiety Canadians faced as the Trent Affair unfolded. As colonial parent Britain sabre-rattled with Secretary of State Seward, Canadians wondered if their land would become a war zone. Garrisons facing the U.S. border were meagre, and reinforcements were dispatched from Britain. But before they could arrive, Canadians [...]

This article is poorly written and misleadingly titled, but it is interesting to see the effect the war had on far flung places and mundane realities, in this case, the development of a popular Indian street meal. This is when a group of Gujaratis began trading in the area now known as Dalal Street, starting [...]