upon returning to england, the young lieutenant colonel fremantle found himself being questioned by friends and colleagues on the truth of the situation in the confederate states, as only union newspapers were readily available in england. suitably encouraged, fremantle wrote a book on his experiences in america, "three months in the southern states", based on the diary which he kept throughout his sojourn in the south. published in 1864, the book was well-received both in great britain and in the union, and it was even printed in mobile by s.h. goetzel & co., being eagerly read even by the beleaguered southerners, who wanted to see how their struggle was being reported by a foreign visitor.