Quaker
10-25-2018, 04:48 AM
Did you know around 140 Australians and New Zealanders fought in the ACW?
There’s even a website dedicated to them: http://www.acwv.info/1-files/introduction-A.htm
Not many of our ancestors fought in this conflict but considering we’re half a world away I was surprised how much influence the ACW had on Australian geopolitics at the time. There were several shipping incidents on Australian shores involving tensions between North and South and even the Russians were involved.
Interesting overview here courtesy of Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_and_the_American_Civil_War
And this is an interesting book about 42 Aussies who joined the Confederacy and allegedly fired the last shots of the Civil War.
9708
Feel free to contribute any other information about Aussies or Kiwis.
There’s even a website dedicated to them: http://www.acwv.info/1-files/introduction-A.htm
Not many of our ancestors fought in this conflict but considering we’re half a world away I was surprised how much influence the ACW had on Australian geopolitics at the time. There were several shipping incidents on Australian shores involving tensions between North and South and even the Russians were involved.
Interesting overview here courtesy of Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_and_the_American_Civil_War
And this is an interesting book about 42 Aussies who joined the Confederacy and allegedly fired the last shots of the Civil War.
9708
Feel free to contribute any other information about Aussies or Kiwis.