After The Confederates Were Defeated In The US Civil War And Robert E Lee’s Forces Surrendered In 1865,

Why was Stratford-upon-Avon a hotbed of Confederate activity?

After the Confederates were defeated in the US Civil War and Robert E Lee’s forces surrendered in 1865, many of them sailed across the Atlantic and sought sanctuary in a rather unexpected place: Stratford-upon-Avon, in the English county of Warwickshire. Islam Issa says: “The county became a hub for Confederates in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War. And many people don’t know this but specifically Leamington Spa, just north of Stratford, attracted a lot of Confederates.”

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Picture of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson

This Civil War newspaper features a picture of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson

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