Free Download Tony Bryan, "Confederate Blockade Runner 1861-65"
English | 2004 | pages: 51 | ISBN: 1841766364 | PDF | 18,0 mb
The lifeblood of the Confederacy, the blockade runners of the Civil War usually began life as regular fast steam-powered merchant ships. They were adapted for the high-speed dashes through the Union blockade which closed off all the major Southern ports, and for much of the war they brought much-needed food, clothing and weaponry to the Confederacy.