British Blockade Runners In The American Civil War

Author : Joseph McKenna
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476636435
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Blockade Runners in the American Civil War written by Joseph McKenna and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-04-11 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps more than all the campaigns of the Union armies, the Union naval blockade--covering all major Southern ports along 3,500 miles of coastline for the duration of the war--brought down the Confederacy. The daring exploits of Confederate blockade runners are well known--but many of them were British citizens operating out of neutral ports such as Nassau, Havana and Bermuda. Focusing on British involvement in the war, this history names the overseas bankers and manufacturers who, in critical need of cotton and other Confederate exports, financed and equipped the fast little ships that ran the blockade. The author attempts to disentangle the names and aliases of the captains--many of whom were Royal Navy officers on temporary leave--and tells their stories in their own words.

Author : J. Wilkinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Narrative of a Blockade-runner written by J. Wilkinson and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas E. Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Running the Blockade written by Thomas E. Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John F. Messner
Publisher : Whittles
ISBN 13 : 9781849954822
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Scottish Blockade Runner in the American Civil War written by John F. Messner and published by Whittles. This book was released on 2021-03-26 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold story of Joannes Wyllie, son of a gardener from Fife, one of the most successful blockade runners of the American Civil War Features his life of adventure and action; he was once declared dead, survived shipwrecks and shark attack, and successfully commanded ships across the globe The most comprehensive history of the Ad-Vance is provided, from departing Glasgow until capture off the Carolina coast

Author : William Watson
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781585441525
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Civil War Adventures of a Blockade Runner written by William Watson and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Watson published his account of the two years he spent evading Union gunboats and dealing with the "sharpers" who fed off the misfortune of war in 1892. Using log books, personal papers, and business memoranda, he sought to write a "plain, blunt" account of "events just as they happened." Instead, he wrote a classic adventure tale whose careful description of seafaring in the 1860s gives us a glimpse into a world now closed to us. Watson is the protagonist, but he shares his story with his ship, the Rob Roy, a center-board schooner whose shallow draft and wide beam made it the ideal vessel for slipping over shoals and dashing in and out of blockaded ports. He peoples his account with the good, the bad, and the unlucky, from the likeable and irrepressible Captain Dave McLusky to the loathsome and dishonest Mr. R. M. He takes his reader from Havana, where land sharks greeted incoming sailors, to Galveston, where sharp businessmen and corrupt officials connived to confiscate both profits and ships. He stops at Matamora, a dusty place on "a bare and barren coast," and he visits General Magruder in Houston. His crew brave gales and a hurricane that drives the Rob Roy back thirty miles; and he survives plots against his ship and his life. Through it all, Watson enjoys himself. Blockade running, he declares, was not "unlawful or dishonourable." Rather, it was "a bold and daring enterprise," an "exciting sport of the higher order," like racing yachts, and an almost obligatory act of defiance of a blockade "maintained by no other right than by the force of arms." The "commission merchants" did better than the blockade runners. But Watson recalled his years dodging federal gunboats and outwitting petty officials, treacherous crew, and dishonest businessmen as "much more congenial than the extortions and deceitful wheedling and trickeries of the legitimate trade." This is an adventure story held together by the nuts and bolts of sailing. Watson's discussion of why sail was superior to steam for running blockades is superb; his detailed accounts of surviving gales and outrunning Federal cruisers are fascinating. He takes yellow fever and high sea chases in stride. Through it all, he maintains his honor and guards his profits. For the reader who wants to ply the Gulf of Mexico under sail, play the lottery in Havana, and visit Texas when it was "a new country," Watson is the perfect guide to run the blockade that time imposes on posterity.

Author : Robert Carse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blockade written by Robert Carse and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Catherine Lynch Deichmann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rogues & Runners written by Catherine Lynch Deichmann and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas E. Taylor
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Running the Blockade written by Thomas E. Taylor and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-10-12 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Running the Blockade: A Personal Narrative of Adventures, Risks, and Escapes During the American Civil War" by Thomas E. Taylor offers a firsthand account of the challenges and dangers faced by individuals attempting to navigate the naval blockades during the American Civil War. Taylor's personal narrative provides valuable insights into the perils of this tumultuous period in history, making it an essential read for those interested in the Civil War and the experiences of those who lived through it.

Author : Hamilton Cochran
Publisher : Indianapolis, Indiana : Bobbs-Merrill
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blockade Runners of the Confederacy written by Hamilton Cochran and published by Indianapolis, Indiana : Bobbs-Merrill. This book was released on 1958 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Angus Konstam
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147285327X
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confederate Blockade Runner 1861–65 written by Angus Konstam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-05-26 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lifeblood of the Confederacy, the blockade runners of the Civil War usually began life as regular fast steam-powered merchant ships. They were adapted for the high-speed dashes through the Union blockade which closed off all the major Southern ports, and for much of the war they brought much-needed food, clothing and weaponry to the Confederacy. This book traces their operational history, including the development of purpose-built blockade running ships, and examines their engines, crews and tactics. It describes their wartime exploits, demonstrating their operational and mechanical performance, whilst examining what life was like on these vessels through accounts of conditions on board when they sailed into action.