A Canadian Yankee in King Cotton's Court

9 June 2012

Marc Palen writes of his discovery of a travel narrative by an unnamed Canadian, who offered a unique and detailed foreigner's perspective as he trekked from Texas to Ottawa in the first months of the Civil War.

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Rebecca Power

2:30 PM on Sun 10 June 2012

It is enthralling that after 150 years there are still original works to be found which shed light on such a pivotal event in America's history.

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