Thomas Dalton of Thurnham: A Lancashire Royalist Colonel

1982 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-90
Author(s):  
J. M. Gratton
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Military History ◽  
Active Role ◽  
English Civil War ◽  
War Effort ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Military ◽  
Roman Catholics

One of the more welcome aspects of recent studies of the English Civil War is the renewal of interest in the military history of the Northern Counties, through the work of B. G. Blackwood and more particularly P. R. Newman, both of whom have served, in the case of Lancashire, to illuminate Ernest Broxap’s pioneering tome of 1910. Newman has done a useful service in drawing attention to the active role in the fighting played by Northern Roman Catholics, who made substantial contributions to the Royalist war effort, a view which modifies the neutrality theory of Dr K. J. Lindley.

FINANCE, LOCALISM, AND MILITARY REPRESENTATION IN THE ARMY OF THE EARL OF ESSEX (JUNE–DECEMBER 1642)

2009 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 879-898 ◽  
Author(s):  
AARON GRAHAM
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Cultural Representation ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
English Civil War ◽  
National Strategy ◽  
War Effort ◽  
History Of ◽  
Financial Consequences ◽  
Earl Of Essex

ABSTRACTWork on the ‘county community’ during the English Civil War, and tensions between centre and periphery, has focused exclusively upon forms of political and cultural representation. However, this article argues that local communities also sought to achieve agency within the wider war effort by lobbying for military representation. In return for financial contributions, supporters wanted an ‘interest’ in the units they raised, mainly through control over the nomination of officers. The history of the army of the earl of Essex between June and December 1642 indicates the financial consequences of neglecting such military representation. Its structure dissolved particularist interests, orientating the army towards the pursuit of a national strategy, but this gave local supporters no confidence that their concerns were being represented. The result was an assertion of localism, a decline in donations, and a financial crisis within the army.

Fortress Islands

2020 ◽  
pp. 130-144
Author(s):  
David Cressy
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
National Security ◽  
Military History ◽  
Substantial Investment ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Military

This chapter traces the military history of England’s islands from Elizabethan times to the civil war. It considers the vulnerability of the islands to foreign invasion and their utility as bases of English power. Fortifications were regularly strengthened in times of threat and suffered neglect in intervals of peace. Militarized islands had garrison economies, with substantial investment from London. This chapter examines the shifting deployment of ordnance and soldiery, the condition of castles and garrisons, and their role in England’s wars. Some of the jurisdictional issues addressed in earlier chapters had implications for national security, as island governors marshalled forces and braced for attack.

Shelby Foote's Civil War

Prospects ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 313-333
Author(s):  
Louis D. Rubin
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Book Industry ◽  
Military History ◽  
The Third ◽  
Final Volume ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Ideal

Publication in November, 1974, of the third and final volume of Shelby Foote's magnificent history of the Civil War makes me. think back to the time when he first began it. It was early in 1955, I think, that Random House announced its contract with Foote, who until then had written only fiction. These were the years prior to the Centennial of the war, and the book industry was getting ready for it. Since the 1930s, with the publication of Douglas Southall Freeman's fourvolume biography, R. E. Lee, and then his three-volume sequel, Lee's Lieutenants, there had been a rising demand for Civil War military history, and by the early 1950s, with the Centennial less than ten years away, not only publishers but historians both amateur and professional saw a veritable bonanza in sight. The old saw, to the effect that the ideal recipe for a best-seller would be one entitled “Lincoln's Doctor's Dog,” was being revised; interest in the Great Emancipator was turning into interest in the military events of the war.

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