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Gray phantoms of the Cape Fear: running the Civil War blockade

By Carr , Dawson

Book information

Publisher
Publisher, John F. Blair
ISBN
9780895874276, 089587427X
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
5 MB (5482046 bytes)
Series
Travel Guides Fiction and More anthology.; NC LIVE module
Pages
illustrations\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

In mid-1863, the small city of Wilmington, North Carolina, found itself facing a difficult task: it had to supply Robert E. Lee's army if the South was to continue the Civil War. Guns, ammunition, clothing, and food had to be brought into the Confederacy from Europe, and Wilmington was the last open port. Knowing this, the Union amassed a formidable blockading force off storied Cape Fear. What followed was a contest unique in the annals of warfare. The blockade runners went unarmed, lest their crews be tried as pirates if captured. There had never been ships like the blockade runners, and their kind will never be seen again. Gray Phantoms of the Cape Fear tells the story of their captains, their crews, their cargoes, their opponents, and their many unbelievable escapes.

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