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Anne Rossie hated .the Civil War. Her brother had marched off to battle and had not come back. The Peace Democrats were trying to sabotage the war effort. New York could become a battleground. Anne responded .by turning her back on events and concentrating on her university studies. Her father had quarelled with his powerful British family and had been forced to move .to New York. He had made his fortune through several shrewd investments. One of these had been the purchase of America's only Analytical Engine. He hoped that every New York financier would pay him to use it. . The United States Navy was trying to blockade the southern ports. They were losing ships and men in storms. A young naval officer travelled to New York to ask the university authorities whether they could use the Analytical Engine to predict storms. He was dismayed when they told him that Anne was their expert at writing algorithms for the Engine. in Bermuda, an aristocratic Royal Navy officer had .p