Originally Posted by Bob Edwards Alabama House, 10 Rumford Place, unofficial Confederate embassy. During the American civil war, Liverpool was the unofficial home of the Confederate fleet. Three significant acts of the war involved Liverpool. The first act of the war - the first shot of the civil war was fired by a cannon made in Lydia Anne Street. The very last act of the war - Captain Waddell of the CCS Shenandoah walking up the steps of Liverpool Town Hall surrendering his vessel ...