Dixie & the Dominion: Canada, the Confederacy, and the War for the Union

By Adam Mayers

Book Overview

Dixie & the Dominion is a compelling look at how the U.S. Civil War was a shared experience that shaped the futures of both Canada and the United States. The book focuses on the last year of the war, between April of 1864 and 1865. During that 12-month period, the Confederate States sent spies and saboteurs to Canada on a secret mission. These agents struck fear along the frontier and threatened to draw Canada and Great Britain into the war.

During that same time, Canadians were making their own important decisions. Chief among them was the partnership between Liberal reformer George Brown and Conservative chieftain John A. Macdonald. Their unlikely coalition was the force that would create the Dominion of Canada in 1867, and it was the pressure of the war - with its threat to the colonies' security - that was a driving force behind this extraordinary pact.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155002468X
• ISBN13: 9781550024685
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Canada's American Civil War

This is a great book that is a well-written popular work that shows how the Civil War was a North American, rather than just American war.I had no idea of the connection of Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth to Canada or of any of the Confederate guerilla operations in Quebec and Ontario. Nor did I know that Canadians were very sympathetic to the South and not because of slavery.It's also interesting that some Canadian political institutions were designed so Canada could avoid a similar experience.