From the October 14th Crosby (UK) Herald "A step back in to Waterloo's US Civil War history" by Mark Johnson.
Barbara Elliott of Perth, Australia unveiled a plaque in Liverpool city centre in honor of her great grandfather James Dunwoody Bulloch, the Confederate States navy's secret purchasing agent in England.
He originally came to Liverpool to arrange cotton smuggling and lived in Waterloo because it was an isolated hamlet surrounded by fields at the time.
He was exiled to Liverpool after the war and buried at Toxteth Cemetery.
His great grand-daughter never met him. She said, "It's wonderful and very humbling to be here to honor my great-grandfather. It's a strange feeling to find out you're linked to a man who fought to change the course of history. But I'm excited to learn more about my heritage and I'm looking forward to a long relationship with the city."
More to Come. --Old B-Runner
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