Three Months in the Southern States, Arthur James Lyon Fremantle
Three Months in the Southern States, Arthur James Lyon Fremantle
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Three Months in the Southern States
April-June, 1863

Author: Arthur James Lyon Fremantle

Narrator: Michael Page

Unabridged: 7 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/30/2012

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

The author of this book, Arthur James Lyon Fremantle, has, perhaps, achieved more renown in recent years than at any time since the publication of his literary efforts. Those familiar with the film Gettysburg will recall the unusual figure of a British Guards officer attired (inaccurately) in his full dress Guardsman's scarlet uniform among the ranks of the Virginians at the famous and pivotal battle. The cinema may have taken its usual liberties, but the character was firmly based in fact and was none other than the Fremantle himself. The British Empire felt no need to come down strongly on either side of the conflict between the States, but its support for the Confederacy was both implicit and occasionally obvious. Fremantle wanted to see the war at first hand and so he traveled to America and accompanied the Confederate forces—actually unglamorously in mufti—in the field. His experiences brought him to the collision of Gettysburg, and history is indebted to Fremantle for the observations of a comparatively impartial military man on these monumental times and events.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sean

When historians look at a primary source, it is often to cut and run. You go to the part of the source that deals with your subject and that is it. In the case of Arthur Fremantle's Three Months in the Southern States, I decided to read the whole thing. I logged which passages I found interesting or......more

Goodreads review by Clay

An outstanding travelogue. The detail of the people and places are awesome. The author may be a good soldier but he is a terrible judge of battles and the Confederacy. How he got his high rank is a mystery. I would think that such an officer from a professional army would not be so easily hoodwinked......more

Goodreads review by Arthur

I'm fairly impressed with how much this man accomplished in three months. Seeing so much of the South and meeting so many top Confederate generals. I wonder if much of why they were so gracious to him was in hopes that he would solidify support for Great Britain entering the war on the side of the C......more

Goodreads review by Aaron

A short, interesting, and very readable account of Fremantle's travels throughout the Confederacy during the year 1863. I like books written by first hand eyewitnesses to the Civil War, and this one is even more interesting due to the fact that it was published while the war was still going on. Frem......more

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