While the Yankees and the Confederates fought a ruthless civil war in the United States, Britain and the northern states waged a 'war in anticipation' as British North America waited and wondered whether the federal army of the United States would invade. Robin Winks's classic study is a dramatic examination of the impact of the American Civil War on Canada, especially on the movement toward Confederation. From the Chesapeake incident off the coast of Nova Scotia, through the St Albans Raid from Quebec into Vermont, to the reinforcing of garrisons across British North America in response to the Trent Affair, "The Civil War Years" ranges across the early Canadian landscape. It offers an in-depth survey of Canadian public opinion on the war, the role of Confederate sympathizers in Canada, and the number of Canadians enlisted in the armies of the North and South. The second edition includes a new introduction that provides an overview of Civil War studies since the book's original publication in 1960. "The Civil War Years" remains a valuable contribution to Canadian history, the history of Canadian-American and Anglo-American relations, and Civil War studies.
- ISBN10 0773518207
- ISBN13 9780773518209
- Publish Date 20 November 1998 (first published 23 September 1988)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint McGill-Queen's University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 456
- Language English