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Authors: Amanda Foreman
Tags: United States, General, History, Europe, Political Science, Modern, Great Britain, 19th century, International Relations, Civil War Period (1850-1877), Public Opinion
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1856–61.
William Lewis Dayton (1807–64) UNION —Minister at the U.S. legation in Paris, 1861–64.
Edwin De Leon (1818–91) CONFEDERATE —U.S. consul in Cairo, 1853–61; Confederate propagandist in England and France, 1862–64.
Thomas Haines Dudley (1819–93) UNION —U.S. consul in Liverpool, 1861–65; co-head of the U.S. secret service with Freeman H. Morse.
Ambrose Dudley Mann (1801–89) CONFEDERATE —U.S. assistant secretary of state, 1853–55; Confederate commissioner to Belgium, 1861–65.
William Maxwell Evarts (1818–1901) UNION —New York lawyer, sent to England to liaise with Crown prosecution lawyers in the Alexandria trial in 1863.
John Murray Forbes (1813–98) UNION —Influential businessman; sent to England to prevent the Confederacy from purchasing ships.
Rose O’Neal Greenhow (1817–64) CONFEDERATE —Washington society leader and Confederate spy.
James Holcombe (1820–73) CONFEDERATE —Confederate commissioner in Canada, 1864; former law professor at the University of Virginia.
Henry Hotze (1833–87) CONFEDERATE —Confederate propagandist, sent to England in 1862; editor of the pro-Southern Index.
Caleb Huse (1831–1905) CONFEDERATE —Purchasing agent for the Confederate army in England.
Colin McRae (1813–77) CONFEDERATE —Confederacy’s chief financial agent in Europe, 1863–65.
James Murray Mason (1798–1871) CONFEDERATE —Senator from Virginia, 1847–61; Confederate commissioner in Britain, 1861–65; with Slidell, one of the two subjects of the Trent affair.
Benjamin Moran (1820–86) UNION —Assistant secretary at the U.S. legation in London, 1857–64, and secretary, 1864–74.
Freeman Harlow Morse (1807–91) UNION —U.S. consul in London, 1861–69; co-head with Thomas Haines Dudley of the U.S. secret service.
John Lothrop Motley (1814–77) UNION —Historian; U.S. minister to the Austrian Empire, 1861–67.
Pierre Adolphe Rost (1797–1868) CONFEDERATE —Confederate commissioner to France, 1861, and to Spain, 1862–65.
Henry Shelton Sanford (1823–91) UNION —Minister at the U.S. legation in Brussels; set up U.S. secret service operations in England and then in Belgium, 1862–65.
John Slidell (1793–1871) CONFEDERATE —Confederate commissioner to France; captured, with Mason, aboard the Trent.
Jacob Thompson (1810–85) CONFEDERATE —Colonel in Confederate army; head of clandestine operations in Canada.
Norman Walker (1831–1913) CONFEDERATE —Major in Confederate army; shipping agent in Bermuda; husband of Georgiana Walker.
Thurlow Weed (1797–1882) UNION —Adviser to Seward; unofficial envoy to France with Archbishop Hughes, Bishop McIlvaine, and General Winfield Scott, 1861.
Charles Wilson (1818–78) UNION —Illinois newspaper editor; secretary to the U.S. legation in London, 1861–64.
William Lowndes Yancey (1814–63) CONFEDERATE —Confederate commissioner to Britain and France, 1861–65.
Military
Nathaniel Prentice Banks (1816–94) UNION —Commander of the Department of the Gulf, 1862–64.
Braxton Bragg (1817–76) CONFEDERATE —Principal Confederate commander in the Western theater of the war; commander of the Department of Western Florida and the Army of Pensacola, 1861; commander of the Army of the Mississippi and the Army of Tennessee, 1862–63; chief military adviser to Jefferson Davis, 1864–65.
John Yates Beall (1835–65) CONFEDERATE —Confederate privateer.
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (1818–93) CONFEDERATE —First prominent general of the Confederacy, 1861–65; hero of Fort Sumter and First Battle of Bull Run; commander in the defense of Charleston.
Ambrose Everett Burnside (1824–81) UNION —Brigadier general and commander of the Army of the Potomac, 1861–63; commander of the Department of the Ohio, 1863–64; his prodigious whiskers allegedly inspired the word “sideburns.”
Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818–93) UNION —Commander of Fort Monroe, 1861; administrator of the occupation of New Orleans;
William Lewis Dayton (1807–64) UNION —Minister at the U.S. legation in Paris, 1861–64.
Edwin De Leon (1818–91) CONFEDERATE —U.S. consul in Cairo, 1853–61; Confederate propagandist in England and France, 1862–64.
Thomas Haines Dudley (1819–93) UNION —U.S. consul in Liverpool, 1861–65; co-head of the U.S. secret service with Freeman H. Morse.
Ambrose Dudley Mann (1801–89) CONFEDERATE —U.S. assistant secretary of state, 1853–55; Confederate commissioner to Belgium, 1861–65.
William Maxwell Evarts (1818–1901) UNION —New York lawyer, sent to England to liaise with Crown prosecution lawyers in the Alexandria trial in 1863.
John Murray Forbes (1813–98) UNION —Influential businessman; sent to England to prevent the Confederacy from purchasing ships.
Rose O’Neal Greenhow (1817–64) CONFEDERATE —Washington society leader and Confederate spy.
James Holcombe (1820–73) CONFEDERATE —Confederate commissioner in Canada, 1864; former law professor at the University of Virginia.
Henry Hotze (1833–87) CONFEDERATE —Confederate propagandist, sent to England in 1862; editor of the pro-Southern Index.
Caleb Huse (1831–1905) CONFEDERATE —Purchasing agent for the Confederate army in England.
Colin McRae (1813–77) CONFEDERATE —Confederacy’s chief financial agent in Europe, 1863–65.
James Murray Mason (1798–1871) CONFEDERATE —Senator from Virginia, 1847–61; Confederate commissioner in Britain, 1861–65; with Slidell, one of the two subjects of the Trent affair.
Benjamin Moran (1820–86) UNION —Assistant secretary at the U.S. legation in London, 1857–64, and secretary, 1864–74.
Freeman Harlow Morse (1807–91) UNION —U.S. consul in London, 1861–69; co-head with Thomas Haines Dudley of the U.S. secret service.
John Lothrop Motley (1814–77) UNION —Historian; U.S. minister to the Austrian Empire, 1861–67.
Pierre Adolphe Rost (1797–1868) CONFEDERATE —Confederate commissioner to France, 1861, and to Spain, 1862–65.
Henry Shelton Sanford (1823–91) UNION —Minister at the U.S. legation in Brussels; set up U.S. secret service operations in England and then in Belgium, 1862–65.
John Slidell (1793–1871) CONFEDERATE —Confederate commissioner to France; captured, with Mason, aboard the Trent.
Jacob Thompson (1810–85) CONFEDERATE —Colonel in Confederate army; head of clandestine operations in Canada.
Norman Walker (1831–1913) CONFEDERATE —Major in Confederate army; shipping agent in Bermuda; husband of Georgiana Walker.
Thurlow Weed (1797–1882) UNION —Adviser to Seward; unofficial envoy to France with Archbishop Hughes, Bishop McIlvaine, and General Winfield Scott, 1861.
Charles Wilson (1818–78) UNION —Illinois newspaper editor; secretary to the U.S. legation in London, 1861–64.
William Lowndes Yancey (1814–63) CONFEDERATE —Confederate commissioner to Britain and France, 1861–65.
Military
Nathaniel Prentice Banks (1816–94) UNION —Commander of the Department of the Gulf, 1862–64.
Braxton Bragg (1817–76) CONFEDERATE —Principal Confederate commander in the Western theater of the war; commander of the Department of Western Florida and the Army of Pensacola, 1861; commander of the Army of the Mississippi and the Army of Tennessee, 1862–63; chief military adviser to Jefferson Davis, 1864–65.
John Yates Beall (1835–65) CONFEDERATE —Confederate privateer.
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (1818–93) CONFEDERATE —First prominent general of the Confederacy, 1861–65; hero of Fort Sumter and First Battle of Bull Run; commander in the defense of Charleston.
Ambrose Everett Burnside (1824–81) UNION —Brigadier general and commander of the Army of the Potomac, 1861–63; commander of the Department of the Ohio, 1863–64; his prodigious whiskers allegedly inspired the word “sideburns.”
Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818–93) UNION —Commander of Fort Monroe, 1861; administrator of the occupation of New Orleans;
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