Selasa, 07 November 2017

Rule Britannia

With two Confederate emissaries in U.S. custody, Britain’s Prince Albert stepped in to prevent a second war. A pleasant breeze blew across the deck of the USS San Jacinto as Captain Charles Wilkes unwittingly brought the United States to the brink of war with Britain. Almost seven months after the fall of Fort Sumter, the …

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