British Ships In The Confederate Navy
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British Ships In The Confederate Navy
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Author : Joseph McKenna
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2010-03-08
British Ships In The Confederate Navy written by Joseph McKenna and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-08 with History categories.
During the American Civil War, British-crewed warships harassed Union merchantmen, sinking a total value of more than $15,000,000 in ships and cargo. Considered pirates by the federal government, these ships and crew were at the center of a largely unknown but fascinating struggle between Commander James Dunwoody of the Confederate Navy, U.S. Ambassador Charles Francis Adams, and Consul Thomas H. Dudley. This history of British assistance to the Confederate Navy covers that story in full and provides a close look at the British seamen who manned warships and blockade runners.
The Confederate Navy In Europe
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Author : Warren F. Spencer
language : en
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Release Date : 1983
The Confederate Navy In Europe written by Warren F. Spencer and has been published by University of Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with History categories.
"A major contribution to Civil War and naval history". -- Journal of Southern History
The Laird Rams
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Author : Andrew R. English
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2021-10-01
The Laird Rams written by Andrew R. English and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-01 with History categories.
Built in Birkenhead, England, from 1862 to 1865, the "Laird rams" were two innovative armored warships intended for service with the Confederate Navy during the Civil War. The vessels represented a substantial threat to Union naval power, and offered the Confederacy a potential means to break the Union blockade of the Southern coastline. During 1863, the critical year of the Confederacy's last hope of recognition by the British and French, President Lincoln threatened war with Britain if the ships ever sailed under Confederate colors. Built in some secrecy, then launched on the River Mersey under intense international scrutiny, the ships were first seized, and then purchased by Britain to avoid a war with the United States. These armored warships were largely forgotten after the Admiralty acquired them. Historians rarely mention these sister warships--if referred at all, they are given short shrift. This book provides the first complete history of these once famous ironclads that never fired a shot in anger yet served at distant stations as defenders of the British Empire.
Great Britain And The Confederate Navy 1861 1865
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Author : Frank J. Merli
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2004
Great Britain And The Confederate Navy 1861 1865 written by Frank J. Merli and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
A tale of intrigue about the attempts of the Confederacy to build a navy in Britain.
The Secret Service Of The Confederate States In Europe
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Author : James Dunwody Bulloch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1884
The Secret Service Of The Confederate States In Europe written by James Dunwody Bulloch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1884 with Confederate States of America categories.
The Rebel Raiders
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Author : James T. De Kay
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
The Rebel Raiders written by James T. De Kay and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
The history of the Confederates plans to build a navy with the covert aid of the British. The plan culminated in the building of the C.S.S. Alabama.
The Secret Service Of The Confederate States In Europe
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Author : James D. Bulloch
language : en
Publisher: Modern Library
Release Date : 2012-09-12
The Secret Service Of The Confederate States In Europe written by James D. Bulloch and has been published by Modern Library this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-12 with History categories.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Jefferson Davis sent merchant marine James D. Bulloch to Europe to clandestinely acquire arms and ships for the Confederate navy. His first stop was Britain, a country hedging its bets on who would win the War Between the States and willing to secretly provide the Confederacy with the naval technology to fight the Union on the high seas. Bulloch's mission continued for the length of the war, and his story, told by the man himself, is one of the least-understood aspects of the Civil War, even today.
Mersey Built The Role Of Merseyside In The American Civil War
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Author : Robert Thorp
language : en
Publisher: Vernon Press
Release Date : 2018-04-10
Mersey Built The Role Of Merseyside In The American Civil War written by Robert Thorp and has been published by Vernon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-10 with History categories.
‘Mersey Built’ chronicles the little-known commercial battle that raged between North and South during the American Civil War. The South relied on Europe for its military supplies, which the North tried to stop with a naval blockade of all Southern ports. The South retaliated by destroying Northern merchant ships on the high seas, using war ships, secretly procured from British shipyards and smuggled out of Britain by sympathetic British captains using British crews. The Charleston-based business empire headed by George Trenholm provided a conduit for Confederate finance with its Liverpool branch acting as bankers for the Confederacy’s procurement agents. Merseyside, with its extensive docks and numerous shipyards quickly became the epicenter of Confederate operations in Europe. Several British businessmen bought ships specifically to run supplies through the Union blockade, leaving relationships between the United States and Britain strained, close to breaking point. The book relates the history of Trenholm’s commercial empire, its pre-war expansion into Liverpool and the pivotal role it played in supporting the Confederate war effort. The involvement of other Liverpool-based entrepreneurs and their successes and failures in blockade-running is described. Background histories of the Merseyside ship builders who constructed warships and blockade runners for the Confederacy are included as well as several mini-biographies of the Liverpool-based captains who smuggled out warships and braved the Union blockade. Details of each ship built on Merseyside for involvement in the Civil War are listed. The role of the United States consular service and its extensive, Liverpool-based, spy ring is described, as are the efforts of the United States ambassador in London to influence British government policy on neutrality. The author, a direct descendant of a Liverpool ship builder, and a blockade-running captain, brings new insights and previously unpublished facts to light in this fascinating chapter of history.
The Confederate Privateers
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Author : William Morrison Robinson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
The Confederate Privateers written by William Morrison Robinson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with History categories.
"The Confederate Privateers, a book of action and adventure, recounts the exploits of the Confederacy's privately armed ships and their sea battles with the Union. Called "pirates" by Northerners, Southerners preferred to call them "gentlemen adventurers," justly boasting of their exploits. Using naval war records and other archives, William Robinson offers readers an authentic description of the privateers, their cruises and prizes, their successes and failures, and their ultimate fates. In fact, this narrative history is the first to describe privateer Confederate cruises of the Jefferson Davis, the Dixie, the Sally, and the pygmy submarine Pioneer. A Southerner himself, Robinson tells the story from the Confederate point of view, as a sovereign state waging legitimate war in self-defense. Robinson's treatment portrays the ambitions of the South's volunteer mariners as they pursued the Confederate cause on the nation's waterways."--Back cover.
By Sea And By River
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Author : Bern Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 1977
By Sea And By River written by Bern Anderson and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with History categories.