Blockade Runners of the Confederacy
1st Edition
Published on 22. November 2015
363 pages
978-0-8173-9050-1 (ISBN)
Description
A readable, exciting chronicle of the men and ships that ran federal naval blockades during the Civil War Within four weeks of the fall of Fort Sumter, President Abraham Lincoln had declared a blockade of over four thousand miles of Confederate coastline, from Cape Henry in Virginia to the Mexican border. In response, professional runners, lured by both profits and patriotism, built faster, sleeker, low-profile ships and piloted them through the ever-thickening Northern cordon. The tonnage they imported, including items ranging from straight pins to marine engines, sustained the South throughout the conflict. This exciting chronicle of the men and ships that ran federal naval blockades during the Civil War also provides an overall assessment of the blockades conception, effectiveness, and impact on the Southern populace.
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Hamilton Cochran
Blockade Runners of the Confederacy
Book
02/2005
2nd Edition
The University of Alabama Press
€34.00
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction to the 2005 Edition
- 1. The Blockade Begins
- 2. Du Pont Plays Hide and Seek
- 3. Rich Cargoes
- 4. Tom Taylor, Supercargo
- 5. Runners of the Gantlet
- 6. Ladies in Danger
- 7. Beleaguered Cities
- 8. White Sails in the Gulf
- 9. Captain Maffitt, Prince of Blockade Runners
- 10. Pursuits, Escapes and Captures
- 11. The Two Battles of Fort Fisher
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index
