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Author : Chester G. Hearn, III
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780071579964
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)
Download or read book Gray Raiders of the Sea written by Chester G. Hearn, III and published by . This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chester G. Hearn
Publisher : International Marine Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)
Download or read book Gray Raiders of the Sea written by Chester G. Hearn and published by International Marine Publishing Company. This book was released on 1992 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the Confederate strategy to destroy Union commerce and the Southern blockade.
Author : Tom Chaffin
Publisher : Hill and Wang
ISBN 13 : 0374707006
Total Pages : 487 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)
Download or read book Sea of Gray written by Tom Chaffin and published by Hill and Wang. This book was released on 2007-04-15 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assembled from hundreds of original documents, including intimate shipboard journals kept by Shenandoah officers, Sea of Gray is a masterful narrative of men at sea The sleek, 222-foot, black auxiliary steamer Sea King left London on October 8, 1864, ostensibly bound for Bombay. The subterfuge was ended off the shores of Madeira, where the ship was outfitted for war. The newly christened CSS Shenandoah then commenced the last, most quixotic sea story of the Civil War: the 58,000-mile, around-the-world cruise of the Confederacy's second most successful commerce raider. Before its voyage was over, thirty-two Union merchant and whaling ships and their cargoes would be destroyed. But it was only after ship and crew embarked on the last leg of their journey that the excursion took its most fearful turn. Four months after the Civil War was over, the Shenandoah's Captain Waddell finally learned he was, and had been, fighting without cause or state. In the eyes of the world, he had gone from being an enemy combatant to being a pirate—a hangable offense. Now fearing capture and mutiny, with supplies quickly dwindling, Waddell elected to camouflage the ship, circumnavigate the globe, and attempt to surrender on English soil. "A superb account of how the Confederate raider Shenandoah brought the American Civil War to the farthest reaches of the world." -- Nathaniel Philbrick, author of Mayflower and Sea of Glory
Author : Tom Chaffin
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0809095114
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)
Download or read book Sea of Gray written by Tom Chaffin and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the 58,000-mile, around-the-world cruise of the Confederacy's last ship afloat. Launched secretly from England in October, 1864, the CSS Shenandoah became the Confederacy's second most successful merchant raider, but--after rounding Africa's Cape of Good Hope, stopping long enough in Australia to cause a diplomatic crisis, and navigating the ice floes of Siberia's Sea of Okhotsk, the Bering Sea, and the Arctic Ocean--Captain Waddell learned that he had been fighting without cause or state, since the Civil War had ended four months earlier. In the eyes of the Union, he had gone from being an enemy combatant to a pirate, a hangable offense. Hunted by Union and British men-of-war, his polyglot crew rife with hints of mutiny, and with dwindling supplies, Waddell elected to camouflage the ship, circumnavigate the globe, and attempt to surrender on English soil.--From publisher description.
Author : Lois Walfrid Johnson
Publisher : Moody Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781575677323
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)
Download or read book Raiders from the Sea written by Lois Walfrid Johnson and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2003-08-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In one harrowing day, Viking raiders capture Bree and her brother Devin and take them from their home in Ireland. After the young Viking prince Mikkel sets Devin free on the Irish coast far from home, Bree and Devin embark on separate journeys to courage. Readers will be captivated by the unfolding drama as Bree sails to Norway on the Viking ship and Devin travels the dangerous road home. They both must trust their all-powerful God in the midst of difficult situations.
Author : Gordon D. Shirreffs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Gray Sea Raiders written by Gordon D. Shirreffs and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Les Eldridge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780979484704
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)
Download or read book Gray Raiders, Green Seas written by Les Eldridge and published by . This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lindley S. Butler
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469625989
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)
Download or read book Pirates, Privateers, and Rebel Raiders of the Carolina Coast written by Lindley S. Butler and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: North Carolina possesses one of the longest, most treacherous coastlines in the United States, and the waters off its shores have been the scene of some of the most dramatic episodes of piracy and sea warfare in the nation's history. Now, Lindley Butler brings this fascinating aspect of the state's maritime heritage vividly to life. He offers engaging biographical portraits of some of the most famous pirates, privateers, and naval raiders to ply the Carolina waters. Covering 150 years, from the golden age of piracy in the 1700s to the extraordinary transformation of naval warfare ushered in by the Civil War, Butler sketches the lives of eight intriguing characters: the pirate Blackbeard and his contemporary Stede Bonnet; privateer Otway Burns and naval raider Johnston Blakeley; and Confederate raiders James Cooke, John Maffitt, John Taylor Wood, and James Waddell. Penetrating the myths that have surrounded these legendary figures, he uncovers the compelling true stories of their lives and adventures.
Author : Howard Jones
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807833495
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)
Download or read book Blue & Gray Diplomacy written by Howard Jones and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this examination of Union and Confederate foreign relations during the Civil War from both European and American perspectives, Howard Jones demonstrates that the consequences of the conflict between North and South reached far beyond American soil. Jones highlights the mixture of reasons for European interest in the war, which ranged from self-interest to fear that an intervention would cause war with the Union. Most of all, he explores the horrible nature of a war that attracted outside involvement as much as it repelled it. Written in a narrative style that relates the story as its participants saw it play out around them, Blue and Gray diplomacy depicts the complex set of problems fared by policymakers from Richmond and Washington to London, Paris, and St. Petersburg.
Author : Spencer C Tucker
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 161251359X
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)
Download or read book Blue & Gray Navies written by Spencer C Tucker and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2013-05-11 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A longtime military history professor at Virginia Military Institute and prolific author, Spencer Tucker examines the important roles played by the Union and Confederate navies during the Civil War. His book makes use of recent scholarship as well as official records and the memoirs of participants to provide a complete perspective for the general reader and enough detail to hold the interest of the specialist. Tucker opens with an overview of the U.S. Navy's history to 1861 and then closely examines the two navies at the beginning of the war, looking at the senior leadership, officers and personnel, organization, recruitment practices, training, facilities, and manufacturing resources. He discusses the acquisition of ships and the design and construction of new types, as well as ship armament and the development of naval ordnance, and North and South naval strategies. The book then takes a close look at the war itself, including the Union blockade of the Confederate Atlantic and Gulf coasts, riverine warfare in the Western theater, Confederate blockade running and commerce raiders, and the Union campaigns against New Orleans, Charleston, Vicksburg, and on the Red River. Tucker covers the major battles and technological innovations, and he evaluates the significance of the Union blockade and the demands it placed on Union resources. Fourteen maps and a glossary of terms help readers follow the text. Extensive endnotes provide additional material.
