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Book Synopsis Captain James Carlin by : Colin Carlin
Download or read book Captain James Carlin written by Colin Carlin and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2016-12-31 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the British American who captained a blockade runner for the Confederacy during the Civil War. Captain James Carlin is a biography of a shadowy nineteenth-century British Confederate, James Carlin (1833–1921), who was among the most successful captains running the US Navy’s blockade of Southern ports during the Civil War. Written by his descendent Colin Carlin, Captain James Carlin ventures behind the scenes of this perilous trade that transported vital supplies to the Confederate forces. An Englishman trained in the British merchant marine, Carlin was recruited into the US Coastal and Geodetic Survey Department in 1856, spending four years charting the US Atlantic seaboard. Married and settled in Charleston, South Carolina, he resigned from the survey in 1860 to resume his maritime career. His blockade-running started with early runs into Charleston under sail. These came to a lively conclusion under gunfire off the Stono River mouth. More blockade-running followed until his capture on the SS Memphis. Documents in London reveal the politics of securing Carlin’s release from Fort Lafayette. On his return to Charleston, General P. G. T. Beauregard gave him command of the spar torpedo launch Torch for an attack on the USS New Ironsides. After more successful trips though the blockade, he was appointed superintending captain of the South Carolina Importing and Exporting Company and moved to Scotland to commission six new steam runners. After the war Carlin returned to the southern states to secure his assets before embarking on a gun-running expedition to the northern coast of Cuba for the Cuban Liberation Junta fighting to free the island from Spanish control and plantation slavery. In researching his forebear, the author gathered a wealth of private and public records from England, Scotland, Ireland, Greenland, the Bahamas, and the United States. The use of fresh sources from British Foreign Office and US Prize Court documents and surviving business papers make this volume distinctive. “A groundbreaking work that lifts the veil off the all-important ship captains who supplied the Confederacy with the necessary supplies to sustain its fight for independence. The author does a superb job in relating the story of his relative, James Carlin, a key member of the cadre of captains who sustained the Confederacy by running supplies through the northern blockade on specialized vessels. . . . A sweeping story from England to Charleston, Florida, and Cuba. This book is a must for anyone interested in Southern/Confederate maritime history.” —Stephen R. Wise, author of Lifeline of the Confederacy: Blockade Running during the Civil War
Book Synopsis The Germans of Charleston, Richmond and New Orleans During the Civil War Period, 1850-1870 by : Andrea Mehrländer
Download or read book The Germans of Charleston, Richmond and New Orleans During the Civil War Period, 1850-1870 written by Andrea Mehrländer and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first monograph on the role of the German population minority in the southern states in the American Civil War. It points out that Germans were quite involved in the fighting and, for the most part, had a positive attitude towards slavery. A comparative analysis presents the German militia, the leaders, consuls, blockade breakers and businessmen of the cities of Charleston, Richmond and New Orleans. The appendix contains an extensive survey of primary and secondary sources, including a tabular list of relatives of ethnically German military units with names, origin, rank, vocation, income and number of slaves owned. The book can serve as an archives guide for further related work by historians, military researchers and genealogists.
Book Synopsis The Bombardment of Fort Sumter, 1861 by : Oliver Lyman Spaulding
Download or read book The Bombardment of Fort Sumter, 1861 written by Oliver Lyman Spaulding and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Annual Report of the American Historical Association by : American Historical Association
Download or read book Annual Report of the American Historical Association written by American Historical Association and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis British Blockade Runners in the American Civil War by : Joseph McKenna
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 2019-04-30 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.
Book Synopsis Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United States Army for the Years 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65 ...: Ohio, Michigan by :
Download or read book Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United States Army for the Years 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65 ...: Ohio, Michigan written by and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United States Army for the Years 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65: Ohio, Michigan by : United States. Adjutant-General's Office
Download or read book Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United States Army for the Years 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65: Ohio, Michigan written by United States. Adjutant-General's Office and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The history of her regiments, and other military organizations by : Whitelaw Reid
Download or read book The history of her regiments, and other military organizations written by Whitelaw Reid and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Civil War Naval Chronology, 1861-1865 by : United States. Naval History Division
Download or read book Civil War Naval Chronology, 1861-1865 written by United States. Naval History Division and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Civil War Chronology, 1861-1865 by : United States Navy Department. Naval Operations Office
Download or read book Civil War Chronology, 1861-1865 written by United States Navy Department. Naval Operations Office and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ohio in the War written by Whitelaw Reid and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 1104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Breaking the Blockade by : Charles D. Ross
Download or read book Breaking the Blockade written by Charles D. Ross and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2020-12-28 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On April 16, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln issued a blockade of the Confederate coastline. The largely agrarian South did not have the industrial base to succeed in a protracted conflict. What it did have—and what England and other foreign countries wanted—was cotton and tobacco. Industrious men soon began to connect the dots between Confederate and British needs. As the blockade grew, the blockade runners became quite ingenious in finding ways around the barriers. Boats worked their way back and forth from the Confederacy to Nassau and England, and everyone from scoundrels to naval officers wanted a piece of the action. Poor men became rich in a single transaction, and dances and drinking—from the posh Royal Victoria hotel to the boarding houses lining the harbor—were the order of the day. British, United States, and Confederate sailors intermingled in the streets, eyeing each other warily as boats snuck in and out of Nassau. But it was all to come crashing down as the blockade finally tightened and the final Confederate ports were captured. The story of this great carnival has been mentioned in a variety of sources but never examined in detail. Breaking the Blockade: The Bahamas during the Civil War focuses on the political dynamics and tensions that existed between the United States Consular Service, the governor of the Bahamas, and the representatives of the southern and English firms making a large profit off the blockade. Filled with intrigue, drama, and colorful characters, this is an important Civil War story that has not yet been told.
Book Synopsis Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships by :
Download or read book Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships written by and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Historical sketches by :
Download or read book Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Historical sketches written by and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships by : United States. Naval History Division
Download or read book Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships written by United States. Naval History Division and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion by : United States. Office of Naval Records and Library
Download or read book Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion written by United States. Office of Naval Records and Library and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 1030 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion by : United States. Navy Department
Download or read book Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion written by United States. Navy Department and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
