Excerpt from San Juan and Secession: Possible Relation to the War of the Rebellion, Did General Harney Try to Make Trouble With English to Aid the Conspiracy? A Careful Review of His Orders and the Circumstances Attending the Disputed Possessions During the Year 1859The military occupation, as a matter of course, would be distasteful to Great Britain, and her minister in Washington City, immediately on hear-ing That report had reached the city that troops of the United States had actually taken possession of the island of San Juan, demanded a prompt explanation. And we learn from his answer to the explanation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.