High seas and Yankee gunboats : a blockade-running adventure from the diary of James Dickson /
"Durham traces the journey of Dickson and Hernandez aboard the blockade runner Standard on its mission to smuggle medicines, commercial goods, and provisions. Their story illustrates the commercial connections between Halifax and the Confederacy and features many prominent Georgians." &quo...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Columbia, S.C. :
University of South Carolina Press,
[2005]
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| Series: | Studies in maritime history.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents |
| Summary: | "Durham traces the journey of Dickson and Hernandez aboard the blockade runner Standard on its mission to smuggle medicines, commercial goods, and provisions. Their story illustrates the commercial connections between Halifax and the Confederacy and features many prominent Georgians." "Dickson's diary ends abruptly, in mid-sentence, in the midst of action. From other primary sources Durham pieces together the fates of Dickson and Hernandez and tells of how they successfully transported their cargo to Savannah only to lose the Standard in an encounter with Union forces shortly thereafter."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 185 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-179) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1570035725 9781570035722 |