For those who are interested, BBC Radio 3 is running a series of programmes (available on the internet for 7 days each) about the American Civil War http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01063zt.

I also came across the following news items which are relevant: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13040351, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13022129 and http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13022128.

(Was that a Freudian slip: no difference between the Confederate flag hanging on her wall and President Obama hanging on her wall ... back to the lynchings huh?)